segment index

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

The position of this segment within its containing whole — 1-based by convention, but not enforced.

Structure

Property shape: datatype property; gmeow:ContentSegment -> xsd:integer; functional

Practical Pattern

Use gmeow:segmentIndex from gmeow:ContentSegment to xsd:integer when the relationship itself belongs in the native GMEOW graph.

Common Companion Terms

gmeow:ContentSegment

Usage Advice

Use when

• Use to record the structural position of a content segment within its containing whole — the chapter or scene number; functional, 1-based by convention.

Avoid when

• Avoid it for a subjective reading order (that is a gmeow:ReadingOrder standpoint) and avoid relying on it across whole boundaries — the index is local to one container.

How to use

• Carry the position integer on gmeow:segmentIndex alongside gmeow:segmentOf; perspectival orderings that differ from this structural index ride a gmeow:ReadingOrder.

Examples

• ex:chapter3 gmeow:segmentIndex 3.