has rights statement

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

Relates an entity (typically a gmeow:CreativeWork or gmeow:InformationObject) to a machine-readable rights statement that governs it — the GMEOW analogue of odrl:hasPolicy.

Structure

Property shape: object property; gmeow:Entity -> gmeow:RightsStatement

Practical Pattern

Use gmeow:hasRightsStatement from gmeow:Entity to gmeow:RightsStatement 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.

Licensed Dataset

• Source: slices/core/rights/examples/licensed-dataset.ttl
• Examples catalog: open in catalog#example-slices-core-rights-examples-licensed-dataset

# --- The asset, with the FLAT-first rights edges (the common case) plus a
#     promoted RightsStatement because permissions/prohibitions/duties are needed.
ex:dataset a gmeow:Dataset ;
    gmeow:title "Coastal Bird Survey 2026"@en ;
    gmeow:hasCopyright       ex:copyright ;
    gmeow:hasLicense         ex:ccbync ;
    gmeow:hasRightsStatement ex:rights .

Common Companion Terms

gmeow:Entity, gmeow:RightsStatement

Projects To

External Equivalences

Equivalent or closely aligned targets: ma, odrl

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 to attach a reified gmeow:RightsStatement to the asset it governs when permissions, prohibitions, or duties are expressed; the rights-bearing analogue of odrl:hasPolicy.

Avoid when

• Avoid for the flat case (an asset that simply bears a licence or copyright — use gmeow:hasLicense / gmeow:hasCopyright) and avoid pointing it at anything but the governed asset; the inverse direction is gmeow:statementAbout.

How to use

• Assert one gmeow:hasRightsStatement per governing statement; mirror it on the relator with gmeow:statementAbout so the statement is self-contained.

Examples

• ex:photo gmeow:hasRightsStatement ex:photoRights.