Support Polarity

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

The closed three-value polarity of an evidence span toward its claim.

Structure

Subclass of: gufo:QualityValue

Practical Pattern

Use gmeow:SupportPolarity 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 closed three-value vocabulary (supports / refutes / neutral) that gmeow:supportPolarity draws from for a span's stance toward its claim.

Avoid when

• Avoid extending it with new individuals (the three values are closed, unlike the open kind vocabularies) and avoid using it for inter-work citation stance (that is gmeow:citationIntent).

How to use

• Reference one of the three seeded individuals (gmeow:polaritySupports / gmeow:polarityRefutes / gmeow:polarityNeutral) from a span via gmeow:supportPolarity.

Examples

• ex:polarityRefutes a gmeow:SupportPolarity.