Network Address Type

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

The kind of a network address (IPv4, IPv6, MAC, DNS, URL, port, BGP-AS). A value, not a subclass: the set is open-ended and they share all of NetworkAddress's structure, so a new kind is a new individual, not a new class (Principle 9).

Structure

Subclass of: gufo:QualityValue

Practical Pattern

Use gmeow:NetworkAddressType 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 to mint a new kind of network address as an individual on the open value vocabulary.

Avoid when

• Avoid subclassing NetworkAddress for a new scheme (the schemes share structure; a new scheme is a new individual, Principle 9).

How to use

• Mint the scheme as a gmeow:NetworkAddressType individual and reference it from a NetworkAddress via gmeow:networkAddressType.

Examples

• ex:networkAddressTypeIPv4 a gmeow:NetworkAddressType.