Observational Activity

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

An activity whose primary purpose is to produce observations — a scientific survey, census, archaeological excavation, clinical trial, code review, audit, or any other structured act of observing, measuring, or asserting. A subclass of gmeow:Activity (and therefore of gmeow:Event) that generates gmeow:Observation individuals as first-class outputs. The event-type value vocabulary (gmeow:eventTypeSurvey, …) marks specific kinds; no subclass taxonomy is introduced (Principle 9).

Structure

Subclass of: gmeow:Activity

Practical Pattern

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

Common Companion Terms

gmeow:Activity

Projects To

External Equivalences

Equivalent or closely aligned targets: crm, crmarc, iptc, obi, prov, qb, schema

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 when the occurrence's PURPOSE is to produce observations — a survey, census, excavation, clinical trial, audit, or code review — so its outputs are reachable as first-class gmeow:Observation individuals via gmeow:generatedObservation.

Avoid when

• Avoid for an ordinary activity that incidentally records data (use plain gmeow:Activity), and avoid asserting it as the inverse of gmeow:wasGeneratedBy — that would force every generating activity to be observational (an OWL 2 DL typing trap).

How to use

• Type the act gmeow:ObservationalActivity, mark its kind with gmeow:eventType (gmeow:eventTypeSurvey / gmeow:eventTypeAudit / …), and link each output with gmeow:generatedObservation; the property chain then associates the activity with each observation's vantage.

Examples

• ex:census2021 a gmeow:ObservationalActivity; gmeow:eventType gmeow:eventTypeCensusActivity; gmeow:generatedObservation ex:obs1.