interested in

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

A motivational orientation of an agent toward a subject — sustained interest that makes the subject worth attending to. An attentional/affective pull, NOT a teleology:Desire (a wanted goal); the boundary is documented, never an axiom (Principle 9). Whose interest it is rides gmeow:accordingTo on the statement.

Structure

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

Practical Pattern

Use gmeow:interestedIn from gmeow:Agent to gmeow:Entity 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.

Attention Interest Memory

Source: slices/core/cognition/examples/attention-interest-memory.ttl
Examples catalog: open in catalog#example-slices-core-cognition-examples-attention-interest-memory

ex:nova a gmeow:Person ;
    gmeow:name        "Nova"@en ;
    gmeow:attendsTo    wd:Q11660 ;    # artificial intelligence — currently in focus
    gmeow:interestedIn wd:Q395 ;      # mathematics — sustained interest
    gmeow:curiousAbout wd:Q217413 ;   # category theory (curiousAbout ⊑ interestedIn)
    gmeow:remembers    wd:Q192995 .   # quantum computing — a subject she remembers (remembers ⊑ isAwareOf)

Common Companion Terms

gmeow:Agent, gmeow:Entity

Usage Advice

Use when

Use for an agent's sustained motivational orientation toward a subject — durable interest that makes the subject worth attending to, broader than the momentary focus of gmeow:attendsTo.

Avoid when

Avoid using it for a wanted goal (that is the teleology slice — interest is an affective pull, not a conative mode, never bridged by axiom, Principle 9); when the interest is specifically knowledge-seeking, use the narrower gmeow:curiousAbout.

How to use

Assert gmeow:interestedIn from agent to subject (gmeow:curiousAbout specializes it for epistemic appetite); carry whose-interest on the statement layer via gmeow:accordingTo, and keep the boundary with teleology desire by review.

Examples

ex:lillith gmeow:interestedIn ex:ontologyEngineering.