has evidence class

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

The evidential warrant of a citation — the kind and strength of evidence it provides for the claim it supports. Non-functional: a single citation may carry multiple evidence classes (e.g. both a legal filing and an independent trade-press article about the same filing), and competing classifications coexist rather than collapse (Principle 9).

Structure

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

Practical Pattern

Use gmeow:hasEvidenceClass from gmeow:CitationAct to gmeow:EvidenceClass 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:EvidenceClass

External Equivalences

Equivalent or closely aligned targets: crminf, prov, schema

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 record HOW WELL a citation supports the claim it backs — its evidential warrant — naming one or more gmeow:EvidenceClass individuals on the citation rather than on the asserted fact, so the warrant travels with the evidence link (Axis A).

Avoid when

• Avoid using it to assert notability (those are gmeow:sourceIndependence, gmeow:sourceTier, gmeow:coverageDepth, and gmeow:supportsNotability — Axis B) and avoid forcing a single class; a multi-sourced citation legitimately carries several, so it stays non-functional (Principle 9).

How to use

• Attach one or more gmeow:EvidenceClass individuals to the gmeow:CitationAct; let competing standpoint assessments coexist as several class assertions, and keep the notability axes (Axis B) on their own properties.

Examples

• ex:citation gmeow:hasEvidenceClass gmeow:evidenceVERIFIED.