compliance verdict

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

The assessor's verdict, reusing the EvaluationVerdict vocabulary: held = compliant, not held = violative, undetermined = undetermined. Functional and mandatory (SHACL).

Structure

Property shape: object property; gmeow:ComplianceAssessment -> gmeow:EvaluationVerdict; functional

Practical Pattern

Use gmeow:complianceVerdict from gmeow:ComplianceAssessment to gmeow:EvaluationVerdict when the relationship itself belongs in the native GMEOW graph.

Example Snippets

These snippets are generated from canonical slice examples and trimmed to the Turtle blocks where this term appears.

Food Safety Compliance

Source: slices/extensions/norms/examples/food-safety-compliance.ttl
Examples catalog: open in catalog#example-slices-extensions-norms-examples-food-safety-compliance

# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2026 Blackcat Informatics® Inc. <paudley@blackcatinformatics.ca>
# SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0
#
# Worked example: norms, deontic modality, and compliance . A gmeow:Norm in
# a gmeow:NormativeSystem carries a gmeow:deonticModality — obligation /
# prohibition / permission / recommendation — the deontic stance the rights slice
# applies to assets, here applied to CONDUCT. Whether an event lives up to a norm
# is not a bare boolean: it is a reified gmeow:ComplianceAssessment binding the
# assessed event, the assessed norm, and a gmeow:complianceVerdict (held /
# not-held / undetermined), AS OBSERVED by an assessor with a method — so a
# contested compliance ruling can coexist with another (P9).
@prefix gmeow: <https://blackcatinformatics.ca/gmeow/> .
@prefix ex:    <https://blackcatinformatics.ca/gmeow/examples/norms/> .
@prefix rdfs:  <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#> .
@prefix xsd:   <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#> .

# --- The compliance ruling: a reified, assessor-scoped observation.
ex:ruling a gmeow:ComplianceAssessment ;
    gmeow:assessedEvent     ex:prepShift ;
    gmeow:assessedNorm      ex:handwashNorm ;
    gmeow:complianceVerdict gmeow:verdictHeld ;
    gmeow:vantage           ex:inspector ;
    gmeow:observationMethod gmeow:methodDirectObservation .

Common Companion Terms

gmeow:ComplianceAssessment, gmeow:EvaluationVerdict

Usage Advice

Use when

Use on a ComplianceAssessment to carry the assessor's single verdict, reusing the gmeow:EvaluationVerdict vocabulary (held = compliant, not held = violative).

Avoid when

Avoid omitting it or giving more than one (it is functional and mandatory by SHACL).

How to use

Assert gmeow:complianceVerdict once per assessment, reading held as compliant and not-held as violative; pair with gmeow:assessedEvent and gmeow:assessedNorm.

Examples

ex:ca1 gmeow:complianceVerdict gmeow:verdictHeld.