Regulatory Overlay

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

The reified, time-scoped fact that a specific regulation applies over a place — imposed by an authority. Covers zoning, protected areas, restricted airspace, sanctions, tax/electoral districts, postal zones, civil-time zones, and similar legally-defined spatial overlays. Distinct from JurisdictionTenure (governance/sovereignty): an overlay is about a specific regulatory regime applied over a geographic area. Links to RightsStatement for the deontic rules (permissions, prohibitions, duties) that hold within it. Contested overlays coexist as multiple standpoint-indexed instances, never collapsing to a single winner (Principle 9).

Structure

Subclass of: gmeow:TimeScopedRelation

Practical Pattern

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

Common Companion Terms

gmeow:TimeScopedRelation

External Equivalences

Equivalent or closely aligned targets: cp, mrg, schema, 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 reify a time-scoped fact that a specific regulation (zoning, protected area, restricted airspace, sanctions, tax/electoral/postal/time/maritime/aviation zone) applies over a place.

Avoid when

• Avoid it for governance/sovereignty (that is gmeow:JurisdictionTenure) and avoid collapsing contested overlays — model each as a standpoint-indexed instance (Principle 9).

How to use

• Mint RegulatoryOverlay, set gmeow:overlayPlace / gmeow:overlayAuthority / gmeow:overlayType, link deontic rules via gmeow:overlayRegulation, and carry 3D bounds via gmeow:overlayLowerBound / gmeow:overlayUpperBound.

Examples

• ex:ov a gmeow:RegulatoryOverlay; gmeow:overlayPlace ex:zoneArea; gmeow:overlayAuthority ex:caa; gmeow:overlayType gmeow:overlayTypeRestrictedAirspace.