Transliteration Scheme

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

A named transliteration/romanization/transcription system (Hepburn, Pinyin, ISO 233, IPA, …). A value carried by gmeow:transliterationScheme; the major schemes are catalogued as FnO functions in the projection layer (projections/transforms.fno.ttl).

Structure

Subclass of: gufo:QualityValue

Practical Pattern

Use gmeow:TransliterationScheme 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 transliteration axis — the named systems (Hepburn, Pinyin, ISO 233, IPA, …) a romanization can declare it was produced by via gmeow:transliterationScheme.

Avoid when

• Avoid minting per-scheme subclasses (schemes are individuals) and avoid using it for the romanized string or the script itself (gmeow:WritingSystem); a scheme is a transform, not a script.

How to use

• Reference a seeded scheme individual from a romanization via gmeow:transliterationScheme; the major schemes are catalogued as FnO functions in projections/transforms.fno.ttl, so a consumer can resolve the individual to its executable transform.

Examples

• ex:schemeHepburn a gmeow:TransliterationScheme.