signed by

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

The agent (or signing identity) that produced a signature.

Structure

Property shape: object property; gmeow:CryptographicSignature -> gmeow:Agent

Practical Pattern

Use gmeow:signedBy from gmeow:CryptographicSignature to gmeow:Agent 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.

Software Release

• Source: slices/core/attestation/examples/software-release.ttl
• Examples catalog: open in catalog#example-slices-core-attestation-examples-software-release

ex:sig a gmeow:CryptographicSignature ;
    gmeow:signatureAlgorithm "ecdsa-p256" ;
    gmeow:signedBy           ex:ciSystem .

Common Companion Terms

gmeow:CryptographicSignature, gmeow:Agent

Usage Advice

Use when

• Use to name the agent or signing identity that produced a signature — the WHO of the signing act, complementing the WHICH-KEY of gmeow:signingKey.

Avoid when

• Avoid for the key that made the signature (that is gmeow:signingKey) and for the certifier of a key↔identity binding (gmeow:certifier); signedBy is the claimed signer identity, which a gmeow:Certification may separately vouch for.

How to use

• Bind the signing gmeow:Agent and pair it with gmeow:signingKey; the identity↔key pair signedBy/signingKey is exactly what a gmeow:Certification attests, so a relying party can cross-check the two.

Examples

• ex:sig1 gmeow:signedBy ex:lillith.