name purpose

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

The intrinsic kind/purpose(s) of an appellation (legal, birth, chosen, professional, deadname, …) — a gmeow:NamePurpose value. Non-functional: a name may be both legal and chosen.

Structure

Property shape: object property; gmeow:Appellation -> gmeow:NamePurpose

Practical Pattern

Use gmeow:namePurpose from gmeow:Appellation to gmeow:NamePurpose 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.

Person Names

Source: slices/core/names/examples/person-names.ttl
Examples catalog: open in catalog#example-slices-core-names-examples-person-names

# --- The chosen legal name, decomposed into ordered parts (displayable).
ex:nameChosen a gmeow:PersonName ;
    gmeow:fullName "Robin Avery Chen"@en ;
    gmeow:namePurpose gmeow:namePurposeChosen ;
    gmeow:displayable true ;
    gmeow:hasNamePart ex:partGiven , ex:partMiddle , ex:partSurname .

# --- The superseded deadname: RETAINED (the record stays auditable) but
#     displayable false, so no projection ever surfaces it (P10).
ex:nameDead a gmeow:PersonName ;
    gmeow:fullName "Jordan Chen"@en ;
    gmeow:namePurpose gmeow:namePurposeDeadname ;
    gmeow:displayable false .

Common Companion Terms

gmeow:Appellation, gmeow:NamePurpose

Projects To

Profile	External Targets
`foaf`	`foaf`
`schema-org`	`schema`
`vcard`	`vcard`

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:namePurpose`	projection	`foaf`	projects to / <=	foaf:nick	`gmeow:mapFoafNick`; confidence 0.9; transform `gmeow:fnNicknameName`
`gmeow:namePurpose`	projection	`schema-org`	projects to / <=	schema:alternateName	`gmeow:mapSchemaNickname`; confidence 0.9; transform `gmeow:fnNicknameName`
`gmeow:namePurpose`	projection	`schema-org`	projects to / <=	schema:alternateName	`gmeow:mapSchemaPlaceAltName`; confidence 0.7; lossy: exonym selection is locale-relative; transform `gmeow:fnSelectExonym`
`gmeow:namePurpose`	projection	`schema-org`	projects to / <=	schema:name	`gmeow:mapSchemaPlaceGenericName`; confidence 0.8; lossy: competing-standpoint names and names with specific purposes dropped; transform `gmeow:fnSelectDisplayName`
`gmeow:namePurpose`	projection	`schema-org`	projects to / <=	schema:name	`gmeow:mapSchemaPlaceName`; confidence 0.8; lossy: projection frame = endonym-preferred; co-equal exonyms projected as schema:alternateName; non-displayable/superseded and competing-standpoint names dropped; transform `gmeow:fnSelectEndonym`
`gmeow:namePurpose`	projection	`vcard`	projects to / <=	vcard:nickname	`gmeow:mapVcardNickname`; confidence 0.9; transform `gmeow:fnNicknameName`

Usage Advice

Use when

Use to tag the intrinsic kind(s) of an appellation — legal, birth, chosen, professional, endonym, exonym, deadname — referencing gmeow:NamePurpose value individuals.

Avoid when

Avoid using purpose to rank names (endonym and exonym are co-equal, not preferred-vs-alternate) and avoid the USAGE register here — purpose is intrinsic to the name, register is a fact of the use (gmeow:usageRegister).

How to use

Attach one or more gmeow:NamePurpose individuals to an appellation (non-functional — a name may be both legal and chosen); pair a deadname purpose with gmeow:displayable false for suppression.

Examples

ex:chosenName gmeow:namePurpose gmeow:namePurposeChosen, gmeow:namePurposeLegal.