copyright status

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

The copyright status of a work — one of the gmeow:CopyrightStatus values (in-copyright / public-domain / no-known-copyright / not-evaluated), aligned to RightsStatements.org and PREMIS. Functional.

Structure

Property shape: object property; gmeow:Copyright -> gmeow:CopyrightStatus; functional

Practical Pattern

Use gmeow:copyrightStatus from gmeow:Copyright to gmeow:CopyrightStatus 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:Copyright, gmeow:CopyrightStatus

External Equivalences

Equivalent or closely aligned targets: premis, wd

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 classify a work's copyright standing against the RightsStatements.org / PREMIS vocabulary — in-copyright, public-domain, no-known-copyright, not-evaluated, or a finer statement.

Avoid when

• Avoid using it for trademark or licence status (those are gmeow:trademarkStatus / gmeow:licenseFamily) and avoid a free-text status; reference a gmeow:CopyrightStatus value.

How to use

• Set gmeow:copyrightStatus once per Copyright (functional) to a gmeow:CopyrightStatus individual aligned to RightsStatements.org; for a lapsed status keep the record and add gmeow:validUntil rather than deleting it.

Examples

• ex:reportCopyright gmeow:copyrightStatus gmeow:copyrightStatusInCopyright.