key material

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

The public key material itself (armored or hex form). Not functional (encodings vary by source).

Structure

Property shape: datatype property; gmeow:CryptographicKey -> rdfs:Literal

Practical Pattern

Use gmeow:keyMaterial from gmeow:CryptographicKey to rdfs:Literal when the relationship itself belongs in the native GMEOW graph.

Common Companion Terms

gmeow:CryptographicKey

Usage Advice

Use when

• Use to carry the actual public key bytes — armored or hex form — when the key material itself must travel with the entity rather than only a fingerprint reference.

Avoid when

• Avoid for a private key (never model secret material) and avoid forcing one encoding — armored and hex forms from different sources coexist, so keep it non-functional; for a compact reference use gmeow:fingerprint or gmeow:keyId.

How to use

• Attach the public material verbatim in its source encoding; prefer gmeow:fingerprint for identification and reserve full material for when the bytes must be republished.

Examples

• ex:lillithKey gmeow:keyMaterial "-----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----...".