sensory modality

The sensory channel(s) through which this environment is measured or perceived. Non-functional: a single environment may span multiple modalities (e.g. a space that is both thermally and acoustically characterised), and competing modality classifications coexist.

Structure

Property shape: object property; gmeow:SensoryEnvironment -> gmeow:SensoryModality

Practical Pattern

Use gmeow:sensoryModality from gmeow:SensoryEnvironment to gmeow:SensoryModality 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.

Measured Vs Perceived

# --- The environment: same room and instant, two kinds of condition.
ex:env a gmeow:SensoryEnvironment ;
    gmeow:environmentAtLocation  ex:room ;
    gmeow:environmentAtInstant   ex:noon ;
    gmeow:sensoryModality        gmeow:sensoryModalityThermal ;
    gmeow:hasMeasuredCondition   ex:thermalGrid ;
    gmeow:hasPerceivedCondition  ex:feltWarm .

ex:feltWarm a gmeow:SensoryPerception ;
    gmeow:perceptionModality gmeow:sensoryModalityThermal ;
    gmeow:vantage            ex:taster ;
    gmeow:observationMethod  gmeow:methodDirectObservation .

Common Companion Terms

gmeow:SensoryEnvironment, gmeow:SensoryModality