coarsen to

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

Disclosure control: marks a value/relator so that at projection time it is generalized to no finer than the named gmeow:GranularityLevel — a coarser ancestor is emitted instead of the precise value (e.g. an enclosing city rather than exact coordinates), never by deletion. The generalization sibling of gmeow:displayable false (withhold); together they are the single 'withhold or coarsen under a trigger' mechanism of CONSTITUTION P10. Domain-free, like gmeow:displayable. The coarse value is obtained by walking gmeow:generalizesVia (default gmeow:partOf); any geometry/geomask computation stays in the solver layer (P12). When both apply, displayable false (withhold) wins over coarsen.

Structure

Property shape: object property; ? -> gmeow:GranularityLevel

Practical Pattern

Use gmeow:coarsenTo from ? to gmeow:GranularityLevel when the relationship itself belongs in the native GMEOW graph.

Common Companion Terms

gmeow:GranularityLevel, gmeow:StandpointTenure, gmeow:displayable, gmeow:hasDisclosurePolicy, gmeow:hasGranularity, gmeow:hasSensitivity, gmeow:validUntil

Cross-Cutting Concerns

disclosure and suppression

Projects To

External Equivalences

Equivalent or closely aligned targets: dpv

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 to mark a precise value so that public-facing projections emit a coarser ancestor instead of the exact figure — disclosure control by generalization rather than deletion.

Avoid when

• Avoid for recording the value's own intrinsic resolution (that is gmeow:hasGranularity) and for the all-or-nothing case where the value must be withheld entirely (use gmeow:displayable false, which wins when both apply).

How to use

• Name the target gmeow:GranularityLevel; the projection compiler walks gmeow:generalizesVia (default gmeow:partOf) up to that level and publishes the coarse ancestor. Pair with gmeow:hasSensitivity and a disclosure policy when the trigger is conditional.

Examples

• ex:homeCoordinate gmeow:coarsenTo ex:cityLevel.

Use For Consumers

• gmeow:consumerPublicSite
• gmeow:consumerWikidata
• gmeow:consumerWikipedia

Avoid For Consumers

• gmeow:consumerInternalArchive