codec class

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

The capability class of a transform codec (spec §8): what a reader must hold to reverse it — a library (encode, compress) or a key (encrypt).

Structure

Property shape: object property; gmeow:TransformCodec -> gmeow:CodecClass; functional

Practical Pattern

Use gmeow:codecClass from gmeow:TransformCodec to gmeow:CodecClass when the relationship itself belongs in the native GMEOW graph.

Common Companion Terms

gmeow:TransformCodec, gmeow:CodecClass

Usage Advice

Use when

• Use to tag a transform codec with the capability a reader must hold to reverse it, so the degradation path — unknown-codec vs missing-key opacity — is derivable before decoding.

Avoid when

• Avoid asserting more than one class per codec (it is functional) and avoid using it to name the specific algorithm; the class is the capability category, not the codec identity.

How to use

• Point each gmeow:TransformCodec at one gmeow:CodecClass (encode, compress, or encrypt); readers use it to decide whether a missing capability yields an unknown-codec or a missing-key gmeow:OpaqueFrame.

Examples

• ex:codecBrotli gmeow:codecClass gmeow:codecClassCompress.