is about

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

Aboutness — a resource is about another resource. Distinct from typing (rdf:type) and from tagging (gmeow:hasTag): aboutness is a semantic subject-matter relation, tagging is a user-applied label, and typing is an ontological classification. Non-functional.

Structure

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

Practical Pattern

Use gmeow:isAbout from gmeow:Entity to gmeow:Entity when the relationship itself belongs in the native GMEOW graph.

Common Companion Terms

gmeow:Entity

Projects To

External Equivalences

Equivalent or closely aligned targets: dcterms, foaf, schema

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 record what a resource is genuinely about — its subject matter — when that is a semantic relation to another entity rather than an informal label or a classification.

Avoid when

• Avoid when the link is an informal keyword (use gmeow:hasTag, which is disjoint with this) or an ontological classification (use rdf:type); aboutness is subject-matter, not a folksonomy label.

How to use

• Assert gmeow:isAbout from the carrier to its subject entity; keep tagging on gmeow:hasTag and typing on rdf:type so the three axes stay orthogonal, with the trichotomy enforced in SHACL and tests.

Examples

• ex:report gmeow:isAbout ex:climateChange.