Name Part Type

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

The kind of a name part (given, surname, patronymic, particle, Arabic nisba, filename extension, …). A value, not a NamePart subclass: naming systems worldwide contribute an open-ended set of part kinds that share NamePart's structure.

Structure

Subclass of: gufo:QualityValue

Practical Pattern

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

Usage Advice

Use when

• Use as the open value vocabulary for the kind of a name part — referenced from a gmeow:NamePart via gmeow:namePartType, or extended with a new individual when a naming system contributes a part kind not yet seeded.

Avoid when

• Avoid minting a NamePart subclass for a new part kind (kinds are individuals on an open value vocabulary) and avoid forcing a culture's part into an ill-fitting Western category — add the proper individual instead.

How to use

• Reference a seeded NamePartType individual from gmeow:namePartType on a gmeow:NamePart; extend the vocabulary by minting a new individual with rdfs:label and skos:definition rather than a subclass.

Examples

• ex:part gmeow:namePartType gmeow:namePartNisba.