attestation interval
- CURIE:
gmeow:attestationInterval - IRI: https://blackcatinformatics.ca/gmeow/attestationInterval
- Category: property
- Defined by:
gmeow:slices/lexicon - Box roles: CBox role, RBox role (What is this?)
The time interval over which the attested usage is asserted to have been observed — e.g. a corpus span, an inscription period, or a community usage era. A relator carries its period this way rather than via statement-level validFrom/validUntil alone.
Structure
Property shape: object property; gmeow:UsageAttestation -> gmeow:TimeInterval; functional
Practical Pattern
Use gmeow:attestationInterval from gmeow:UsageAttestation to gmeow:TimeInterval when the relationship itself belongs in the native GMEOW graph.
Common Companion Terms
gmeow:UsageAttestation, gmeow:TimeInterval
Usage Advice
Use when
- Use on a
UsageAttestationto carry the time span over which the usage was observed — a corpus span, inscription period, or usage era — as a first-class interval on the relator.
Avoid when
- Avoid more than one interval per attestation (it is functional) and avoid using bare statement-level
validFrom/validUntil when the period belongs to the relator itself.
How to use
- Point
gmeow:attestationIntervalonce at agmeow:TimeIntervalcarrying its temporal frame; reify a separate attestation when a genuinely distinct span must be recorded.
Examples
- ex:att1
gmeow:attestationIntervalex:lateMedievalSpan.