coarser than

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

Orders the granularity axis: relates a granularity level to a finer level it generalizes (country gmeow:coarserThan city). Transitive; the partial order that makes 'at or above a target level' well-defined for coarsening, and mirrors skos:broader between the levels.

Structure

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

Practical Pattern

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

Common Companion Terms

gmeow:GranularityLevel

External Equivalences

Equivalent or closely aligned targets: skos

Linkages

Generated from the canonical mapping DSL. SSSOM files are the generated public interchange form for term equivalences.

Term Equivalences

Usage Advice

Use when

• Use to order two granularity levels so a coarsening target ('no finer than city') is well-defined, or to seed a per-domain resolution ladder (spatial, temporal).

Avoid when

• Avoid for ordering ordinary quantitative values (that is a measurement, not a granularity level) and avoid wiring it between domains' ladders without an explicit cross-domain alignment.

How to use

• Assert gmeow:coarserThan from the coarser level to the finer one and let transitivity build the ladder; align levels to external resolution vocabularies (time:TemporalUnit, ISO 19112 LocationType) with skos:exactMatch.

Examples

• ex:countryLevel gmeow:coarserThan ex:cityLevel.