account key

• CURIE: gmeow:accountKey
• IRI: https://blackcatinformatics.ca/gmeow/accountKey
• Category: property
• Defined by: gmeow:slices/trust
• Box roles: RBox role (What is this?)

Relates an online account to the cryptographic key that identifies it — the seam joining a decentralized-identity account (e.g. a Nostr account's nostrPubkey literal) to the key as a first-class entity.

Structure

Property shape: object property; gmeow:OnlineAccount -> gmeow:CryptographicKey

Practical Pattern

Use gmeow:accountKey from gmeow:OnlineAccount to gmeow:CryptographicKey when the relationship itself belongs in the native GMEOW graph.

Common Companion Terms

gmeow:OnlineAccount, gmeow:CryptographicKey

Usage Advice

Use when

• Use to join a decentralized-identity account to the key that identifies it — promoting an account's raw pubkey literal (e.g. a Nostr nostrPubkey) into a first-class gmeow:CryptographicKey.

Avoid when

• Avoid for the agent that holds the key (use gmeow:holdsKey) and for an attestation about the binding (gmeow:Certification); this is the account↔key seam, not the agent↔key or the vouching relation.

How to use

• Point the gmeow:OnlineAccount at its identifying gmeow:CryptographicKey, then reach the key's scheme, fingerprint, and certifications through the key entity rather than restating them on the account.

Examples

• ex:nostrAccount gmeow:accountKey ex:nostrKey.