Usage Attestation

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

An evidence node recording that a lexical form, reading, inscription, symbol, construction, or usage was observed in a source or context. Evidence, not truth: an attestation records that something was seen, not that a proposed interpretation is correct (Principle 12). Follows the LanguageState / KinRelationship pattern as an Observation + Relator. Mediates between an attested form, a source, a context, and optionally a time interval.

Structure

Subclass of: gmeow:Observation, gufo:Relator

Practical Pattern

Use gmeow:UsageAttestation as a specialized kind of gmeow:Observation, gufo:Relator. Add statement metadata or a standpoint when the assertion needs provenance, confidence, or vantage.

Common Companion Terms

gmeow:Observation

External Equivalences

Equivalent or closely aligned targets: prov

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 to record that a form was OBSERVED in a source or context — an evidence node, not a truth claim about whether an interpretation is correct.

Avoid when

• Avoid using it to assert that an analysis is correct (it records observation, not truth) and avoid flattening it to a bare property — the relator must carry source, context, and standpoint.

How to use

• Mint the relator, name the form with gmeow:attestedForm and the source with gmeow:attestedInSource (both required by the someValuesFrom axiom), add context/carrier/interval as available, and carry confidence and standpoint on the observation spine.

Examples

• ex:att1 a gmeow:UsageAttestation; gmeow:attestedForm ex:waterWritten; gmeow:attestedInSource ex:oed.