copyright holder

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

The agent that holds a copyright (schema:copyrightHolder; dcterms:rightsHolder). A specialisation of gmeow:wasAttributedTo — the canonical rights-holder attribution. Non-functional: joint copyright has several co-equal holders.

Structure

Property shape: object property; gmeow:Copyright -> gmeow:Agent Sub-property of: gmeow:wasAttributedTo

Practical Pattern

Use gmeow:copyrightHolder from gmeow:Copyright to gmeow:Agent 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.

Licensed Dataset

Source: slices/core/rights/examples/licensed-dataset.ttl
Examples catalog: open in catalog#example-slices-core-rights-examples-licensed-dataset

# --- Flat copyright fact.
ex:copyright a gmeow:Copyright ;
    gmeow:copyrightWork   ex:dataset ;
    gmeow:copyrightHolder ex:researcher ;
    gmeow:copyrightYear   "2026"^^xsd:gYear ;
    gmeow:copyrightStatus gmeow:copyrightStatusInCopyright .

Common Companion Terms

gmeow:wasAttributedTo, gmeow:Copyright, gmeow:Agent

Projects To

Profile	External Targets
`dcterms`	`dcterms`
`schema-org`	`schema`

External Equivalences

Equivalent or closely aligned targets: dcterms, ma, schema, wd

Linkages

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

Term Equivalences

Source	Kind	Profile	Predicate/Relation	Target	Evidence
`gmeow:copyrightHolder`	equivalence	`-`	skos:exactMatch	dcterms:rightsHolder	`gmeow-rights.sssom.tsv`; `gmeow:eqRights021`; confidence 0.8
`gmeow:copyrightHolder`	equivalence	`-`	skos:relatedMatch	ma:isCopyrightedBy	`gmeow-rights.sssom.tsv`; `gmeow:eqRights199`; confidence 0.6
`gmeow:copyrightHolder`	equivalence	`-`	skos:closeMatch	schema:copyrightHolder	`gmeow-rights.sssom.tsv`; `gmeow:eqRights029`; confidence 0.85
`gmeow:copyrightHolder`	equivalence	`-`	skos:relatedMatch	wd:P3931	`gmeow-wikidata.sssom.tsv`; `gmeow:eqWikidata012`; confidence 0.85

Projection Coverage

Source	Kind	Profile	Predicate/Relation	Target	Evidence
`gmeow:copyrightHolder`	projection	`dcterms`	projects to / <=	dcterms:rightsHolder	`gmeow:mapDctermsRightsHolder`; confidence 0.85; lossy: the Copyright relator (year, notice, status) collapses to a flat dcterms:rightsHolder edge
`gmeow:copyrightHolder`	projection	`schema-org`	projects to / <=	schema:copyrightHolder	`gmeow:mapSchemaCopyrightHolder`; confidence 0.85; lossy: the Copyright relator (year, notice, status) collapses to a flat schema:copyrightHolder edge

Usage Advice

Use when

Use to attribute a copyright to the agent(s) that hold it (schema:copyrightHolder, dcterms:rightsHolder) — the canonical rights-holder attribution, reusing gmeow:wasAttributedTo.

Avoid when

Avoid minting a parallel hasHolder property (this specialises gmeow:wasAttributedTo by design) and avoid collapsing joint holders into one — co-equal holders coexist, so it is non-functional.

How to use

Add one or more gmeow:copyrightHolder agents to a Copyright (non-functional for joint holdings); the human-readable credit line is gmeow:attributionText, the structured holder is here.

Examples

ex:reportCopyright gmeow:copyrightHolder ex:blackcat, ex:coauthor.

Use For Consumers

Published Alignment Graph

Alignments

Relation	Target
`closeMatch`	`schema:copyrightHolder`
`exactMatch`	`dcterms:rightsHolder`
`relatedMatch`	`ma:isCopyrightedBy`
`relatedMatch`	`wd:P3931`