overlay regulation

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

The machine-readable rights statement (permissions, prohibitions, duties) that governs activity within this overlay. Links to the rights facility rights facility by reference. Non-functional: multiple legal instruments may apply to the same overlay (e.g. national law + international treaty + local ordinance).

Structure

Property shape: object property; gmeow:RegulatoryOverlay -> gmeow:RightsStatement

Practical Pattern

Use gmeow:overlayRegulation from gmeow:RegulatoryOverlay to gmeow:RightsStatement when the relationship itself belongs in the native GMEOW graph.

Common Companion Terms

gmeow:RegulatoryOverlay, gmeow:RightsStatement

External Equivalences

Equivalent or closely aligned targets: schema

Linkages

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

Term Equivalences

Usage Advice

Use when

• Use to link a regulatory overlay to the machine-readable rights statement (permissions, prohibitions, duties) governing it; non-functional.

Avoid when

• Avoid inlining the deontic rules as ad-hoc literals — reference a RightsStatement from the rights slice.

How to use

• Point gmeow:overlayRegulation at one or more gmeow:RightsStatement instances; multiple legal instruments may apply.

Examples

• ex:ov gmeow:overlayRegulation ex:rights.