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 UsageAttestation to 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:attestationInterval once at a gmeow:TimeInterval carrying its temporal frame; reify a separate attestation when a genuinely distinct span must be recorded.

Examples

• ex:att1 gmeow:attestationInterval ex:lateMedievalSpan.