exemplar subject

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

The entity whose pattern the exemplar evidences — a frame-scoped character whose conduct across the cited work is the example (design context: 823 such links in the foundation corpus), an organization, a person. Range intentionally open. NOT functional, optional: span-pinned exemplars need no subject, and subject + selector may coexist (the span shows one instance of the pattern; the subject names its bearer). At least one of viaSelector / exemplarSubject (SHACL).

Structure

Property shape: object property; gmeow:Exemplar -> ?

Practical Pattern

Use gmeow:exemplarSubject from gmeow:Exemplar to ? when the relationship itself belongs in the native GMEOW graph.

Common Companion Terms

gmeow:Exemplar

Usage Advice

Use when

• Use to name the entity whose pattern an exemplar evidences — a character whose conduct across the cited work is the example, an organization, a person.

Avoid when

• Avoid requiring it on span-pinned exemplars (a selector alone suffices — at least one of selector or subject is required) and avoid forcing a single subject; it is non-functional and optional.

How to use

• Point gmeow:exemplarSubject at the bearer entity; combine it with the citation Selector when both the instance span and its bearer matter.

Examples

• ex:ex1 gmeow:exemplarSubject ex:hari.