Version Scale

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

The magnitude scale of a version change — a VALUE, never an Entity subclass. Used for SemVer-style classification and analogous schemes in non-software domains.

Structure

Subclass of: gufo:QualityValue

Practical Pattern

Use gmeow:VersionScale 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 change magnitude — the named scales (trivial, minor, major) referenced by gmeow:versionScale for SemVer-style and analogous schemes.

Avoid when

• Avoid minting per-scale Entity subclasses and avoid using it as the role of a version (that is gmeow:VersionRole); scales are individual values, not essential types.

How to use

• Reference the seeded individuals from gmeow:versionScale, and add new gmeow:VersionScale individuals (label only) when a non-software scheme needs a magnitude the seeds omit.

Examples

• ex:scaleBreaking a gmeow:VersionScale; rdfs:label "breaking"@en.