Verification Status

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

The outcome status of a verification result — a value vocabulary (individuals, never subclasses).

Structure

Subclass of: gufo:QualityValue

Practical Pattern

Use gmeow:VerificationStatus 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 behind gmeow:hasVerificationStatus — the open set of individuals naming a verification verdict (verified, failed, unverified, expired, revoked, policy-failed, finality-pending).

Avoid when

• Avoid minting per-status subclasses (statuses are individuals) and avoid using it for ledger settlement (that is gmeow:LedgerFinalityStatus); the verification status is a check verdict, not a chain state, and a 'verified' status is one verifier's observation, never global truth (Principle 12).

How to use

• Reference one or more seeded gmeow:VerificationStatus individuals on a gmeow:VerificationResult; combine compatible statuses (verified + expired) rather than picking one, and mint new individuals as new outcomes arise.

Examples

• ex:verifyOutcome gmeow:hasVerificationStatus gmeow:verificationStatusVerified.