Work

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

A distinct abstract intellectual or artistic creation, independent of any language, notation, edition, or copy — the story, the composition, the visual conception. The most abstract tier of the WEMI spine; realized through one or more gmeow:Expression. Identity changes when the creative content itself differs.

Structure

Subclass of: gmeow:CreativeWork

Practical Pattern

Use gmeow:Work as a specialized kind of gmeow:CreativeWork. Add statement metadata or a standpoint when the assertion needs provenance, confidence, or vantage.

Example Snippets

These snippets are generated from canonical slice examples and trimmed to the Turtle blocks where this term appears.

Wemi Novel

• Source: slices/core/creative-works/examples/wemi-novel.ttl
• Examples catalog: open in catalog#example-slices-core-creative-works-examples-wemi-novel

# --- Work: the abstract intellectual creation, independent of any text or copy.
ex:novel a gmeow:Work ;
    gmeow:title "The Lighthouse at World's End"@en .

Two Critics

• Source: slices/extensions/affect/examples/two-critics.ttl
• Examples catalog: open in catalog#example-slices-extensions-affect-examples-two-critics

@prefix gmeow: <https://blackcatinformatics.ca/gmeow/> .
@prefix ex:    <https://blackcatinformatics.ca/gmeow/examples/> .
@prefix rdfs:  <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#> .



# The minimal WEMI spine the shapes demand (the gts example precedent).
ex:novelWork a gmeow:Work ; rdfs:label "the appraised work"@en .
ex:novelExpression a gmeow:Expression ;
    rdfs:label "the appraised text"@en ;
    gmeow:realizes ex:novelWork .
ex:novel a gmeow:BookRelease ;
    rdfs:label "the appraised release"@en ;
    gmeow:embodies ex:novelExpression .
ex:criticA a gmeow:Person ; rdfs:label "critic A"@en .
ex:criticB a gmeow:Person ; rdfs:label "critic B"@en .

Common Companion Terms

gmeow:CreativeWork

Projects To

External Equivalences

Equivalent or closely aligned targets: bibframe, fabio, frbr, lrmoo, schema, wd

Linkages

Generated from the canonical mapping DSL. SSSOM files are the generated public interchange form for term equivalences.

Term Equivalences

Projection Coverage

Usage Advice

Use when

• Use for the abstract creation itself — the thing that survives translation, re-edition, and re-performance unchanged; the level a subject (gmeow:temporalCoverage) and a creative-work type attach to.

Avoid when

• Avoid when the language, notation, or arrangement matters (that is gmeow:Expression), when an edition or format is meant (gmeow:Manifestation), or for a single copy (gmeow:Item); never attach a publisher, ISBN, or page count to a Work.

How to use

• Mint the Work, link its realizations with gmeow:realizedThrough, and record what it is ABOUT with gmeow:temporalCoverage/aboutness — kept distinct from when it was made; promote authorship to a gmeow:Contribution when role or period must be first-class.

Examples

• ex:hamlet a gmeow:Work; gmeow:realizedThrough ex:hamletGermanTranslation; gmeow:temporalCoverage ex:medievalDenmark.