romanization

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

A Latin-script transliteration of THIS SAME appellation in another script (e.g. "Yamada Tarō" for "山田太郎"; pinyin for a Chinese name). Strictly a transliteration of one name — it NEVER bridges two distinct co-equal names (a Mandarin name is not the romanization of a Latin one).

Structure

Property shape: datatype property; gmeow:Appellation -> rdfs:Literal

Practical Pattern

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

Common Companion Terms

gmeow:Appellation

Usage Advice

Use when

• Use to carry a Latin-script transliteration of THE SAME appellation in another script — pinyin for a Chinese name, Hepburn for a Japanese one — for indexing and accessible rendering.

Avoid when

• Avoid using it to bridge two distinct co-equal names (a Mandarin name is NOT the romanization of a Latin one — those are separate appellations) and avoid an unscheme'd romanization where the system matters — name it with gmeow:transliterationScheme.

How to use

• Set gmeow:romanization on the appellation it transliterates and record the producing system with gmeow:transliterationScheme; never use it to link a Latin and a Han name as romanization-of.

Scope notes

• Name the system that produced the romanization with gmeow:transliterationScheme (languages module) — Hepburn vs Kunrei for Japanese, Pinyin vs Wade-Giles for Mandarin — so the romanization records HOW it was derived; each scheme is catalogued as an FnO function in the projection layer.

Examples

• ex:yamadaName gmeow:romanization "Yamada Tarō".