has carrier

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

Relates an Item to the PhysicalObject that carries it — a printed book, a vinyl disc, a sculpture. Optional: a born-digital Item may have no carrier, or its carrier may be a server object modelled as a PhysicalObject. Keeps informational identity (the Item) distinct from physical substrate (Principle 11).

Structure

Property shape: object property; gmeow:Item -> gmeow:PhysicalObject

Practical Pattern

Use gmeow:hasCarrier from gmeow:Item to gmeow:PhysicalObject when the relationship itself belongs in the native GMEOW graph.

Common Companion Terms

gmeow:Item, gmeow:PhysicalObject

Usage Advice

Use when

• Use to attach an Item's material substrate — the physical book, disc, or canvas — keeping the informational copy distinct from the thing you can hold (Principle 11).

Avoid when

• Avoid for a born-digital Item with no material carrier (omit it), and never use it to climb the WEMI spine — the carrier is a gmeow:PhysicalObject, not a Manifestation (use gmeow:exemplifies for that).

How to use

• Point the Item at a gmeow:PhysicalObject; record the carrier's medium with gmeow:medium and its physical condition or pose on the PhysicalObject, not on the Item.

Examples

• ex:myCopy gmeow:hasCarrier ex:wornPaperbackVolume.