Source Tier

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

The bibliographic tier of a source — primary, secondary, or tertiary — a value vocabulary (individuals, never subclasses). This is the standard source-tier axis applied to notability assessment (cf. WP:GNG).

Structure

Subclass of: gufo:QualityValue

Practical Pattern

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

Usage Advice

Use when

• Use as the value vocabulary behind gmeow:sourceTier — the standard primary/secondary/tertiary bibliographic axis — when classifying a cited source for notability assessment.

Avoid when

• Avoid using it for the source's independence (gmeow:SourceIndependence) or coverage depth (gmeow:CoverageDepth), which are orthogonal Axis B vocabularies, and avoid per-tier subclasses; the tiers are individuals.

How to use

• Reference the seeded tier individuals via gmeow:sourceTier on the citation; combine with independence and coverage depth so the solver can weigh notability, and let competing tier assessments coexist (Principle 9).

Examples

• ex:secondary a gmeow:SourceTier; rdfs:label "secondary"@en.