coverage depth

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

The depth of coverage the source provides about the subject of a citation — significant coverage, passing mention, or routine filing. Non-functional: competing depth assessments coexist (Principle 9).

Structure

Property shape: object property; gmeow:CitationAct -> gmeow:CoverageDepth

Practical Pattern

Use gmeow:coverageDepth from gmeow:CitationAct to gmeow:CoverageDepth 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.

Notability Assessment

• Source: slices/core/evidence/examples/notability-assessment.ttl
• Examples catalog: open in catalog#example-slices-core-evidence-examples-notability-assessment

# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2026 Blackcat Informatics® Inc. <paudley@blackcatinformatics.ca>
# SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0
#
# Worked example: grading citations as evidence. The evidence slice hangs
# quality dimensions on a gmeow:CitationAct (from the citations slice): its
# gmeow:hasEvidenceClass, gmeow:sourceTier (primary/secondary/tertiary),
# gmeow:sourceIndependence and gmeow:coverageDepth together decide whether the
# citation gmeow:supportsNotability. The Wikipedia-notability discrimination falls
# straight out: independent + secondary + significant coverage SUPPORTS it; a
# routine self-originated passing mention does NOT — same predicate, graded.
@prefix gmeow: <https://blackcatinformatics.ca/gmeow/> .
@prefix ex:    <https://blackcatinformatics.ca/gmeow/examples/evidence/> .

# --- Strong evidence: an independent trade-press feature with depth → supports.
#     The subject (citingEntity, generic Entity) is supported by the cited work
#     (citedEntity, a CreativeWork): gmeow:intentSupports reads "the cited work
#     supports the citing entity", and the evidence dimensions grade that support.
ex:goodCite a gmeow:CitationAct ;
    gmeow:citingEntity       ex:subject ;
    gmeow:citedEntity        ex:feature ;
    gmeow:citationIntent     gmeow:intentSupports ;
    gmeow:hasEvidenceClass   gmeow:evidenceIndependentTradePress ;
    gmeow:sourceTier         gmeow:sourceTierSecondary ;
    gmeow:sourceIndependence gmeow:sourceIndependenceIndependent ;
    gmeow:coverageDepth      gmeow:coverageDepthSignificantCoverage ;
    gmeow:supportsNotability true .

Common Companion Terms

gmeow:CitationAct, gmeow:CoverageDepth

Usage Advice

Use when

• Use to record how substantially a cited source treats its subject — significant coverage, passing mention, or routine filing — as part of a notability assessment (Axis B).

Avoid when

• Avoid conflating it with source tier or independence (orthogonal axes) and with evidential warrant; a passing mention can still verify a fact (Axis A) while contributing little to notability. Non-functional, so competing depth claims coexist.

How to use

• Point the gmeow:CitationAct at a gmeow:CoverageDepth individual; pair it with gmeow:supportsNotability and the other Axis B properties so the solver can resolve the notability decision, keeping competing assessments as separate claims (Principle 9).

Examples

• ex:citation gmeow:coverageDepth gmeow:coverageDepthSignificantCoverage.