Smart Contract

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

A deployed program on a blockchain or distributed ledger, identified by a contract address.

Structure

Subclass of: gmeow:Entity

Practical Pattern

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

Common Companion Terms

gmeow:Entity

Usage Advice

Use when

• Use to model a deployed on-chain program — a registry, oracle, or attestation contract — identified by its address, when it is the source or anchor of ledger-based attestation evidence.

Avoid when

• Avoid for an address-controlled wallet that signs transactions (that is gmeow:BlockchainAccount) and for the network it runs on (gmeow:BlockchainNetwork); the contract is the deployed code, not an account or a chain.

How to use

• Mint the contract with gmeow:contractAddress (the EL minimum), locate it on its gmeow:BlockchainNetwork, and link emitted gmeow:LedgerEvent records back to it.

Examples

• ex:registry a gmeow:SmartContract; gmeow:contractAddress "0x1234...".