key scheme

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

The scheme/format of a cryptographic key (one of the gmeow:KeyScheme individuals). Functional: a key has exactly one scheme — a key of a different scheme is a different key.

Structure

Property shape: object property; gmeow:CryptographicKey -> gmeow:KeyScheme; functional

Practical Pattern

Use gmeow:keyScheme from gmeow:CryptographicKey to gmeow:KeyScheme 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.

Web Of Trust

Source: slices/core/trust/examples/web-of-trust.ttl
Examples catalog: open in catalog#example-slices-core-trust-examples-web-of-trust

ex:aliceKey a gmeow:CryptographicKey ;
    gmeow:keyScheme    gmeow:keySchemePGP ;
    gmeow:keyAlgorithm "ed25519" ;
    gmeow:fingerprint  "ABCD 1234 EF56 7890 ABCD 1234 EF56 7890 ABCD 1234" ;
    gmeow:keyId        "0xEF567890" .

ex:bobKey a gmeow:CryptographicKey ;
    gmeow:keyScheme   gmeow:keySchemePGP ;
    gmeow:fingerprint "EF01 5678 ABCD 1234 EF01 5678 ABCD 1234 EF01 5678" .

Common Companion Terms

gmeow:CryptographicKey, gmeow:KeyScheme

Usage Advice

Use when

Use to name a key's format — OpenPGP, X.509, SSH, Nostr — by pointing it at a gmeow:KeyScheme individual so consumers can route or align it by scheme.

Avoid when

Avoid for the signing algorithm (use the literal gmeow:keyAlgorithm) and avoid asserting two schemes on one key — it is functional, so a key in a different scheme is a different key.

How to use

Point the key at exactly one seeded gmeow:KeyScheme individual; carry the source-variable algorithm and material on their own non-functional literal properties.

Examples

ex:lillithKey gmeow:keyScheme gmeow:keySchemePGP.