Sensory Quantity

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

The scalar numeric result of a sensory observation — a value with unit, determinacy, and granularity. Equivalent to gmeow:ScalarQuantity (following the ScalarQuantity alias precedent); the name 'SensoryQuantity' is the domain-specific label for the same construct in the sensor/observation stack.

Structure

Subclass of: gmeow:Entity, gufo:Object

Practical Pattern

Use gmeow:SensoryQuantity as a specialized kind of gmeow:Entity, gufo:Object. Add statement metadata or a standpoint when the assertion needs provenance, confidence, or vantage.

Example Snippets

These snippets are generated from canonical slice examples and trimmed to the Turtle blocks where this term appears.

Sensor Reading

• Source: slices/extensions/sensory/examples/sensor-reading.ttl
• Examples catalog: open in catalog#example-slices-extensions-sensory-examples-sensor-reading

# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2026 Blackcat Informatics® Inc. <paudley@blackcatinformatics.ca>
# SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0
#
# Worked example: a sensor reading on the observation stack . A
# gmeow:SensoryObservation records WHAT was sensed (gmeow:sensoryObservationOf),
# WHICH gmeow:ObservableProperty (humidity), and the gmeow:SensoryQuantity result.
# A gmeow:Sensor is a gufo functional complex that is also an Agent, so it is the
# observation's gmeow:vantage — the SensoryObservation is an Observation like any
# other, just produced by an instrument on a gmeow:SensorPlatform at a location.
@prefix gmeow: <https://blackcatinformatics.ca/gmeow/> .
@prefix ex:    <https://blackcatinformatics.ca/gmeow/examples/sensory/> .
@prefix rdfs:  <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#> .

ex:quantity a gmeow:SensoryQuantity ; rdfs:label "65 %RH"@en .

Common Companion Terms

gmeow:Entity

External Equivalences

Equivalent or closely aligned targets: sosa

Linkages

Generated from the canonical mapping DSL. SSSOM files are the generated public interchange form for term equivalences.

Term Equivalences