Source Role

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

The anti-rigid role of being a source — borne by a gmeow:CreativeWork when it is used as evidence for a claim. A thing is only contingently a source; the same work may be evidence for one claim, the subject of another, and a work in its own right. Source-hood is primarily relator-mediated (via CitationAct), but SourceRole provides a named handle when needed.

Structure

Subclass of: gmeow:CreativeWork, gufo:FunctionalComplex

Practical Pattern

Use gmeow:SourceRole as a specialized kind of gmeow:CreativeWork, gufo:FunctionalComplex. Add statement metadata or a standpoint when the assertion needs provenance, confidence, or vantage.

Common Companion Terms

gmeow:CreativeWork

Usage Advice

Use when

• Use (sparingly) when source-hood needs a named handle — to type a gmeow:CreativeWork as contingently playing the source role for queries or display — beyond the relator-mediated citation it normally rides on.

Avoid when

• Avoid treating source-hood as a rigid kind of the work (it is anti-rigid — the same work is also a subject and a work in its own right) and avoid it for the common case, where the citation is fully carried by a gmeow:CitationAct.

How to use

• Co-type the gmeow:CreativeWork with gmeow:SourceRole only when a named source handle is needed; otherwise record the source relationship through a gmeow:CitationAct, which is the primary, relator-mediated form.

Examples

• ex:parishRegister a gmeow:SourceRole.