Name Usage

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

A reified, context-dependent use of an appellation — an observation in the universal claim stack (observation-spine bridge): a named entity (observedFeature) is called by a given appellation (observationResult), by or among a particular audience (or within a relationship scope), in a particular register, over a period, on some evidence. Perspectival — a usage is whoever's, never a global fact — so it carries no notion of a preferred or canonical name. Mint one NameUsage per (appellation, audience, register) tuple; its period is carried by gmeow:usageInterval or by validFrom/validUntil on the statement.

Structure

Subclass of: gmeow:Observation, gufo:Relator

Practical Pattern

Use gmeow:NameUsage as a specialized kind of gmeow:Observation, gufo:Relator. 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.

Person Names

• Source: slices/core/names/examples/person-names.ttl
• Examples catalog: open in catalog#example-slices-core-names-examples-person-names

ex:usageRobFriends a gmeow:NameUsage ;
    gmeow:usageNamed ex:robin ;
    gmeow:usageAppellation ex:nickRob ;
    gmeow:usageRegister gmeow:registerIntimate .

Common Companion Terms

gmeow:Observation

External Equivalences

Equivalent or closely aligned targets: sosa

Linkages

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

Term Equivalences

Usage Advice

Use when

• Use when a name-bearing fact needs its own audience, register, authority, period, evidence, confidence, or standpoint.

Avoid when

• Avoid for the 80 percent case where an entity simply bears a co-equal appellation; use gmeow:hasName or gmeow:hasAppellation and promote only when context must be first-class.

How to use

• Mint one NameUsage per appellation-and-context use, bind the players with usageNamed and usageAppellation, then add usageNamer, usageAudience, usageRegister, usageInterval, evidence, or statement metadata as needed; never use it to choose a primary name.

Examples

• ex:usageFamily a gmeow:NameUsage; gmeow:usageNamed ex:genny; gmeow:usageAppellation ex:gennyAunt; gmeow:usageAudience ex:family.

Use For Consumers

• gmeow:consumerAgentMemory
• gmeow:consumerInternalArchive
• gmeow:consumerResearchQueue

Avoid For Consumers

• gmeow:consumerFoafExport
• gmeow:consumerSchemaOrgJsonLd