Symbolic System

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

A system of symbols, signs, or conventions used for communication, representation, or expression. Broad umbrella covering notation systems, gesture systems, emoji conventions, platform conventions, and other non-linguistic symbol systems. NOT a language by default; a standpointed claim may classify a symbolic system as a language (Principle 9).

Structure

Subclass of: gmeow:InformationObject

Practical Pattern

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

Common Companion Terms

gmeow:InformationObject

External Equivalences

Equivalent or closely aligned targets: schema, wd

Linkages

Generated from the canonical mapping DSL. SSSOM files are the generated public interchange form for term equivalences.

Term Equivalences

Usage Advice

Use when

• Use as the broad umbrella for any convention-bearing symbol system that is not itself a language — gesture systems, emoji conventions, platform conventions, and the parent domain when a fact ranges over symbol systems generally rather than the narrower structured-notation subkind.

Avoid when

• Avoid for a natural or formal language (use gmeow:Language / gmeow:FormalLanguage) and avoid asserting bare gmeow:SymbolicSystem when the structured gmeow:NotationSystem subkind applies; never silently treat the system as a language — that is a standpointed claim, not a default.

How to use

• Type the system as SymbolicSystem (or the NotationSystem subkind), tag its domain with gmeow:symbolicSystemKind, and route any language-classification through the standpoint layer rather than asserting it globally.

Examples

• ex:morse a gmeow:SymbolicSystem; gmeow:symbolicSystemKind gmeow:symbolicKindEncoding.