Place Naming

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

A DEFINED specialization of gmeow:NameUsage whose named entity is a gmeow:Place — a time/audience/register-scoped use of a toponym. Defined, NOT asserted: any NameUsage that names a Place is inferred to be a PlaceNaming (≡ gmeow:NameUsage ⊓ ∃gmeow:usageNamed.gmeow:Place), so place-naming reuses the NameUsage relator instead of minting a parallel relator (Principle 6, greenfield/no-redundancy). The reified counterpart of CIDOC-CRM's time-spanned crm:E48 Place Name / crm:E41 Appellation. Competing and historical place names coexist as co-equal PlaceNamings with no primary; superseded ones set gmeow:displayable false (Principle 10). The toponymic authority is gmeow:usageAuthority; the name's language is gmeow:nameLanguage on the bound gmeow:PlaceName (reached via gmeow:usageAppellation).

Structure

Subclass of: gmeow:NameUsage

Practical Pattern

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

Common Companion Terms

gmeow:NameUsage

External Equivalences

Equivalent or closely aligned targets: crm

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 (by inference) for a time-, audience-, or authority-scoped use of a toponym — a competing, historical, or authority-conferred place name that needs its own period, toponymic authority, or standpoint.

Avoid when

• Avoid asserting PlaceNaming directly (it is inferred from a NameUsage whose gmeow:usageNamed is a gmeow:Place) and avoid minting a parallel place-naming relator — reuse gmeow:NameUsage (Principle 6); never rank one place-naming as primary.

How to use

• Mint a gmeow:NameUsage binding gmeow:usageNamed (a Place) and gmeow:usageAppellation (a gmeow:PlaceName), add gmeow:usageAuthority for the toponymic authority and gmeow:usageInterval for the period; the reasoner infers PlaceNaming, and the name's language reads from gmeow:nameLanguage on the bound PlaceName.

Examples

• ex:naming a gmeow:NameUsage; gmeow:usageNamed ex:istanbul; gmeow:usageAppellation ex:constantinopleName; gmeow:usageAuthority ex:ottomanAuthority; gmeow:usageInterval ex:byzantineEra.