interval before

Allen BEFORE: this interval ends strictly before the related interval begins. Transitive. Inverse of gmeow:intervalAfter. (= time:intervalBefore)

Structure

Property shape: object property; gmeow:TimeInterval -> gmeow:TimeInterval

Use gmeow:intervalBefore from gmeow:TimeInterval to gmeow:TimeInterval when the relationship itself belongs in the native GMEOW graph.

Profile	External Targets
`owl-time`	`time`

Equivalent or closely aligned targets: time

Generated from the canonical mapping DSL. SSSOM files are the generated public interchange form for term equivalences.

Source	Kind	Profile	Predicate/Relation	Target	Evidence
`gmeow:intervalBefore`	equivalence	`-`	skos:closeMatch	time:intervalBefore	`gmeow-temporal.sssom.tsv`; `gmeow:eqTemporal040`; confidence 0.95

Source	Kind	Profile	Predicate/Relation	Target	Evidence
`gmeow:intervalBefore`	projection	`owl-time`	projects to / <=	time:intervalBefore	`gmeow:mapIntervalBefore`

Use to assert that one gmeow:TimeInterval ends strictly before another begins with a gap between — the qualitative ordering when exact dateTimes are unknown or beside the point.

Avoid when the intervals touch with no gap (use gmeow:intervalMeets) and avoid using it as a substitute for crisp bounds that are actually known; assert the dateTimes and let comparison follow.

Assert between two gmeow:TimeInterval individuals; transitivity chains the ordering, and the inverse gmeow:intervalAfter follows automatically (= time:intervalBefore).

Published Alignment Graph

Relation	Target
`closeMatch`	`time:intervalBefore`