media type

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

The IANA media (MIME) type of an artifact — 'text/plain', 'application/pdf', 'image/avif'. Universal: an email body part, a Manifestation, a Distribution all carry one. Projects to schema:encodingFormat. (Generalised from the email slice.)

Structure

Property shape: datatype property; gmeow:Entity -> rdfs:Literal; functional

Practical Pattern

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

Common Companion Terms

gmeow:Entity

Projects To

Profile	External Targets
`schema-org`	`rdf`, `schema`

Linkages

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

Projection Coverage

Source	Kind	Profile	Predicate/Relation	Target	Evidence
`gmeow:mediaType`	projection	`schema-org`	projects to / <=	rdf:type, schema:DataDownload, schema:contentUrl, schema:distribution, schema:encodingFormat	`gmeow:mapSchemaDataDownload`; confidence 0.85; lossy: the member document is REUSED as the schema:DataDownload node; its GMEOW typing drops
`gmeow:mediaType`	projection	`schema-org`	projects to / =	schema:encodingFormat	`gmeow:mapSchemaEncodingFormat`; confidence 0.95

Usage Advice

Use when

Use to record the IANA media (MIME) type of any content carrier — a Manifestation, an email body part, a distribution file; functional, one media type per artifact.

Avoid when

Avoid it for the natural language of the content (use gmeow:contentLanguage) and avoid asserting two media types on one artifact — model distinct encodings as distinct carrier objects.

How to use

Carry the MIME string on gmeow:mediaType of the concrete carrier; it projects to schema:encodingFormat. Pair with gmeow:contentLanguage and the relevant pixel/extent metadata on a gmeow:MediaObject.

Examples

ex:attachment gmeow:mediaType "application/pdf".