norm bearer

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

An agent the norm binds. NOT functional: a norm may bind several named bearers. ABSENT means the norm binds everyone in its issuer's scope — the gmeow:ruleAssignee convention (rights module), preserved by the graft.

Structure

Property shape: object property; gmeow:Norm -> gmeow:Agent

Practical Pattern

Use gmeow:normBearer from gmeow:Norm to gmeow:Agent when the relationship itself belongs in the native GMEOW graph.

Common Companion Terms

gmeow:Norm, gmeow:Agent

Usage Advice

Use when

• Use to name a specific agent a norm binds when the norm targets named bearers rather than everyone in the issuer's scope.

Avoid when

• Avoid asserting it when the norm binds everyone (leave it absent — absence means universal scope) and avoid forcing one bearer, since a norm may bind several.

How to use

• Assert gmeow:normBearer to each bound gmeow:Agent; the rights graft's gmeow:ruleAssignee specializes it, so rights-side assignees surface here by inheritance.

Examples

• ex:n1 gmeow:normBearer ex:dataController.