Rule

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

The abstract base of a deontic rule in a rights statement — it binds a regulated gmeow:RightsAction to an optional target asset and assignee. Specialised by gmeow:Permission, gmeow:Prohibition and gmeow:Duty (the ODRL rule trio).

Structure

Subclass of: gmeow:Norm, gufo:Relator

Practical Pattern

Use gmeow:Rule as a specialized kind of gmeow:Norm, gufo:Relator. Add statement metadata or a standpoint when the assertion needs provenance, confidence, or vantage.

Common Companion Terms

gmeow:Norm

External Equivalences

Equivalent or closely aligned targets: odrl

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 as the abstract base only when reasoning over any deontic rule regardless of polarity; for a concrete rule mint the specific kind — gmeow:Permission, gmeow:Prohibition, or gmeow:Duty.

Avoid when

• Avoid typing an instance as a bare gmeow:Rule (the three concrete kinds are pairwise disjoint and always apply) and avoid encoding the regulated action as a rule subclass — the action is an open gmeow:RightsAction value.

How to use

• Type a rule as Permission/Prohibition/Duty, give it exactly one gmeow:ruleAction, and add gmeow:ruleTarget, gmeow:ruleAssignee, and gmeow:ruleConstraint as needed; the base Rule axiom guarantees every rule names an action.

Examples

• ex:rule a gmeow:Permission; gmeow:ruleAction gmeow:actionUse.