capture device

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

The physical device (camera, scanner, screen-capture hardware) that captured the media. Non-functional: multiple devices may be asserted (e.g. a composite image).

Structure

Property shape: object property; gmeow:MediaObject -> gmeow:PhysicalObject

Practical Pattern

Use gmeow:captureDevice from gmeow:MediaObject to gmeow:PhysicalObject when the relationship itself belongs in the native GMEOW graph.

Common Companion Terms

gmeow:MediaObject, gmeow:PhysicalObject

Usage Advice

Use when

• Use to link a media object to the physical device that captured it — a camera, scanner, or screen-capture rig; non-functional, so a composite may name several devices.

Avoid when

• Avoid pointing it at an agent (the photographer is an authorship contribution, not the device) and avoid a bare literal — the range is a gmeow:PhysicalObject.

How to use

• Point the gmeow:MediaObject at a gmeow:PhysicalObject via gmeow:captureDevice; record the photographer separately through the contribution relator, and the capture moment via gmeow:captureTime.

Examples

• ex:photo gmeow:captureDevice ex:cameraBody.