Symbolic System Kind

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

The domain or kind of a symbolic or notation system — a value, never an Entity subclass. The seed list is an anchor, not a fence; new domains may introduce further kinds without ontology modification.

Structure

Subclass of: gufo:QualityValue

Practical Pattern

Use gmeow:SymbolicSystemKind 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 for the domain axis of a symbol system — mathematical, musical, stenographic, cryptographic, emoji, gesture, and so on — referenced from a system via gmeow:symbolicSystemKind.

Avoid when

• Avoid minting per-kind subclasses (kinds are individuals on an open vocabulary) and avoid using a kind to record the role a notation plays in a particular use — that is gmeow:NotationUsageRole, a distinct axis.

How to use

• Reference a seeded kind individual from a system via gmeow:symbolicSystemKind (or gmeow:notationSystemKind); add new individuals, not subclasses, when a domain needs a finer kind.

Examples

• ex:abc a gmeow:SymbolicSystem; gmeow:symbolicSystemKind gmeow:symbolicKindMusical.