Version Role

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

A role or status that an entity holds within a version set according to an authority — a VALUE, never an Entity subclass. Standpoint-scoped: 'latest' according to a package registry may differ from 'latest' according to a downstream mirror. The seed list is an anchor, not a fence.

Structure

Subclass of: gufo:QualityValue

Practical Pattern

Use gmeow:VersionRole 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 open value vocabulary for membership roles — the named statuses (latest, stable, deprecated, yanked, …) referenced by gmeow:versionRole, and the place to mint a new role individual when a domain needs one.

Avoid when

• Avoid minting per-role Entity subclasses or typing artifacts directly with a role; roles are individual values asserted through a standpoint-scoped membership, not essential types.

How to use

• Reference the seeded individuals from gmeow:versionRole, and extend the anchor list with new gmeow:VersionRole individuals (label only) rather than subclasses when a lineage needs a role the seeds omit.

Examples

• ex:roleArchived a gmeow:VersionRole; rdfs:label "archived"@en.