notation system kind

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

The kind(s) of a notation system (gmeow:SymbolicSystemKind values). Subproperty of symbolicSystemKind for convenience; non-functional.

Structure

Property shape: object property; gmeow:NotationSystem -> gmeow:SymbolicSystemKind Sub-property of: gmeow:symbolicSystemKind

Practical Pattern

Use gmeow:notationSystemKind from gmeow:NotationSystem to gmeow:SymbolicSystemKind 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.

Notation Systems

• Source: slices/core/notation/examples/notation-systems.ttl
• Examples catalog: open in catalog#example-slices-core-notation-examples-notation-systems

# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2026 Blackcat Informatics® Inc. <paudley@blackcatinformatics.ca>
# SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0
#
# Worked example: notation systems, one machinery for every symbol set . A
# gmeow:NotationSystem is classified by an open gmeow:notationSystemKind
# (musical / mathematical / transcription / encoding / stenographic …), so staff
# notation, IPA, Morse and a math syntax are the SAME kind of object — a symbolic
# system for representing something. A transcription notation declares which
# language it transcribes (gmeow:notationSystemFor); a script is itself a notation
# system, reached from the writing system via gmeow:writingSystemAsNotation.
@prefix gmeow: <https://blackcatinformatics.ca/gmeow/> .
@prefix ex:    <https://blackcatinformatics.ca/gmeow/examples/notation/> .
@prefix rdfs:  <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#> .

# --- Western staff notation: a musical symbolic system, not tied to a language.
ex:staffNotation a gmeow:NotationSystem ;
    rdfs:label              "Western staff notation"@en ;
    gmeow:notationSystemKind gmeow:symbolicKindMusical .

Common Companion Terms

gmeow:symbolicSystemKind, gmeow:NotationSystem, gmeow:SymbolicSystemKind

Usage Advice

Use when

• Use to tag a thing already typed gmeow:NotationSystem with its domain kind(s) — the narrower, intent-revealing form of gmeow:symbolicSystemKind for the structured-notation subkind.

Avoid when

• Avoid on a plain gmeow:SymbolicSystem that is not a notation system (use gmeow:symbolicSystemKind there) and avoid treating it as functional; multiple domains are stated as multiple values.

How to use

• Point the notation system at one or more seeded gmeow:SymbolicSystemKind individuals; the generic gmeow:symbolicSystemKind follows by inheritance for consumers that query the broader axis.

Examples

• ex:ipa gmeow:notationSystemKind gmeow:symbolicKindTranscription.