Storage Medium

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

The kind of medium a storage location uses (cloud service, local filesystem, object store, content-addressed store, physical disk, removable media). A value, not a StorageLocation subclass: the kinds share the same structure (path, service, holder, physical place).

Structure

Subclass of: gufo:QualityValue

Practical Pattern

Use gmeow:StorageMedium 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 to mint a new storage-medium kind as an individual on the open value vocabulary.

Avoid when

• Avoid subclassing StorageLocation per medium (the kinds share structure; a new medium is a new individual).

How to use

• Mint the medium as a gmeow:StorageMedium individual and reference it from a StorageLocation via the functional gmeow:storageMedium.

Examples

• ex:storageMediumTape a gmeow:StorageMedium.