Manifestation

• CURIE: gmeow:Manifestation
• IRI: https://blackcatinformatics.ca/gmeow/Manifestation
• Category: class
• Defined by: gmeow:slices/creative-works
• Box roles: TBox role (What is this?)

A concrete edition, format, or release that embodies a gmeow:Expression — a rights-bearing publication artifact (the 2003 Penguin paperback, the 2011 Kindle EPUB). gmeow:BookRelease, gmeow:SerialInstallment, gmeow:MediaObject, and gmeow:WebPage are specializations. Identity changes when the publication/format/edition differs.

Structure

Subclass of: gmeow:CreativeWork

Practical Pattern

Use gmeow:Manifestation as a specialized kind of gmeow:CreativeWork. Add statement metadata or a standpoint when the assertion needs provenance, confidence, or vantage.

Example Snippets

These snippets are generated from canonical slice examples and trimmed to the Turtle blocks where this term appears.

Wemi Novel

• Source: slices/core/creative-works/examples/wemi-novel.ttl
• Examples catalog: open in catalog#example-slices-core-creative-works-examples-wemi-novel

# --- Manifestations: two embodiments of the English Expression (print + digital).
ex:hardback a gmeow:Manifestation ;
    gmeow:embodies ex:englishText .

ex:ebook a gmeow:Manifestation ;
    gmeow:embodies ex:englishText .

Web Presence

• Source: slices/core/documents/examples/web-presence.ttl
• Examples catalog: open in catalog#example-slices-core-documents-examples-web-presence

# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2026 Blackcat Informatics® Inc. <paudley@blackcatinformatics.ca>
# SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0
#
# Worked example: a web presence on the WEMI spine. A WebSite and
# its WebPages are concrete gmeow:Manifestations — so each embodies an Expression
# that realizes a Work, the same four-tier backing every published artifact
# carries. Pages belong to the site via gmeow:pageOfSite (⊑ partOf). The about
# page names a person as its gmeow:pagePrincipalSubject (⊑ isAbout), which makes
# it a gmeow:ProfilePage by INFERENCE — ProfilePage is a defined class (any
# WebPage whose principal subject is an Agent), so no manual typing is needed.
@prefix gmeow: <https://blackcatinformatics.ca/gmeow/> .
@prefix ex:    <https://blackcatinformatics.ca/gmeow/examples/documents/> .

Common Companion Terms

gmeow:CreativeWork

Projects To

External Equivalences

Equivalent or closely aligned targets: bibframe, fabio, frbr, lrmoo, wd

Linkages

Generated from the canonical mapping DSL. SSSOM files are the generated public interchange form for term equivalences.

Term Equivalences

Projection Coverage

Usage Advice

Use when

• Use for an EDITION, format, or release — the publishable, ISBN-bearing, rights-bearing artifact (a paperback, an EPUB, a vinyl pressing, a web serial); the tier where publisher, format, and publication date live.

Avoid when

• Avoid when only the language/notation differs with no new publication (that is still one gmeow:Expression), and for a single physical or digital copy on a shelf (that is gmeow:Item); never attach an ISBN or publisher to a Work or Expression.

How to use

• Link to the Expression with gmeow:embodies, set gmeow:hasManifestationFormat from the open format vocabulary, attach publisher via a gmeow:Contribution with gmeow:rolePublisher, and let copies hang below via gmeow:exemplifiedBy.

Examples

• ex:penguin2003 a gmeow:Manifestation; gmeow:embodies ex:hamletGermanTranslation; gmeow:hasManifestationFormat gmeow:formatPaperback.