Network Address

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

A network-layer address or locator expressed as a coordinate in a network reference frame — an IP address, MAC address, DNS name, URL, port number, or BGP autonomous-system number. The flat shortcut for the common case is gmeow:accessUrl on a VirtualLocation; promote to NetworkAddress when frame, provenance, confidence, or standpoint matters.

Structure

Subclass of: gmeow:Entity

Practical Pattern

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

Common Companion Terms

gmeow:Entity

External Equivalences

Equivalent or closely aligned targets: wd

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 to promote a virtual location's address to a frame-relative coordinate when the IP/MAC/DNS/URL/port/BGP-AS value needs an explicit frame, provenance, confidence, or standpoint.

Avoid when

• Avoid for the common case where a bare join URL suffices (use gmeow:accessUrl) and avoid asserting CIDR/DNS containment as triples — that is a solver computation (Principle 12).

How to use

• Type as NetworkAddress, set gmeow:networkAddressType and gmeow:networkAddressValue, and declare gmeow:networkAddressFrame nested under gmeow:referenceFrameInternet via gmeow:parentFrame.

Examples

• ex:siteAddr a gmeow:NetworkAddress; gmeow:networkAddressType gmeow:networkAddressTypeIPv4; gmeow:networkAddressValue "192.0.2.1"; gmeow:networkAddressFrame gmeow:referenceFrameIPv4.