country code

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

The country code coordinate value of a postal address, expressed along the gmeow:axisCountryCode axis of the postal reference frame. The intended value is an ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code (e.g. "CA"), but this is a convention, not an enforced datatype facet. Non-functional: sources vary ("CA" / "Canada" / "CAN").

Structure

Property shape: datatype property; gmeow:PostalAddress -> rdfs:Literal

Practical Pattern

Use gmeow:countryCode from gmeow:PostalAddress to rdfs:Literal 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.

Contact Points

• Source: slices/core/contacts/examples/contact-points.ttl
• Examples catalog: open in catalog#example-slices-core-contacts-examples-contact-points

# --- Reified postal address: components are coordinates in the postal frame (P11).
ex:homeAddress a gmeow:PostalAddress ;
    gmeow:contactPointType   gmeow:contactPointTypePersonal ;
    gmeow:postalAddressFrame gmeow:referenceFramePostalAddress ;
    gmeow:streetAddress      "742 Evergreen Terrace" ;
    gmeow:addressLocality    "Springfield" ;
    gmeow:addressRegion      "Oregon" ;
    gmeow:postalCode         "97403" ;
    gmeow:countryCode        "US" .

Common Companion Terms

gmeow:PostalAddress

Projects To

External Equivalences

Equivalent or closely aligned targets: schema, vcard

Linkages

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

Term Equivalences

Projection Coverage

Usage Advice

Use when

• Use for the country line of an address — the coarsest component, low-sensitivity and safe to project broadly.

Avoid when

• Avoid enforcing the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 convention as a hard facet (it is advisory, non-functional, and source variants coexist) and avoid using it for the resolved country place (reached via gmeow:addressPlace).

How to use

• Carry the country as written, preferring the ISO alpha-2 code where known; it is coarse enough that public projections normally retain it unconditionally.

Examples

• ex:home gmeow:countryCode "CA".