source independence

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

The independence status of the source referenced by a citation — independent or self/issuer originated. Non-functional: competing assessments by different standpoints coexist (Principle 9).

Structure

Property shape: object property; gmeow:CitationAct -> gmeow:SourceIndependence

Practical Pattern

Use gmeow:sourceIndependence from gmeow:CitationAct to gmeow:SourceIndependence 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.

Notability Assessment

• Source: slices/core/evidence/examples/notability-assessment.ttl
• Examples catalog: open in catalog#example-slices-core-evidence-examples-notability-assessment

# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2026 Blackcat Informatics® Inc. <paudley@blackcatinformatics.ca>
# SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0
#
# Worked example: grading citations as evidence. The evidence slice hangs
# quality dimensions on a gmeow:CitationAct (from the citations slice): its
# gmeow:hasEvidenceClass, gmeow:sourceTier (primary/secondary/tertiary),
# gmeow:sourceIndependence and gmeow:coverageDepth together decide whether the
# citation gmeow:supportsNotability. The Wikipedia-notability discrimination falls
# straight out: independent + secondary + significant coverage SUPPORTS it; a
# routine self-originated passing mention does NOT — same predicate, graded.
@prefix gmeow: <https://blackcatinformatics.ca/gmeow/> .
@prefix ex:    <https://blackcatinformatics.ca/gmeow/examples/evidence/> .

# --- Strong evidence: an independent trade-press feature with depth → supports.
#     The subject (citingEntity, generic Entity) is supported by the cited work
#     (citedEntity, a CreativeWork): gmeow:intentSupports reads "the cited work
#     supports the citing entity", and the evidence dimensions grade that support.
ex:goodCite a gmeow:CitationAct ;
    gmeow:citingEntity       ex:subject ;
    gmeow:citedEntity        ex:feature ;
    gmeow:citationIntent     gmeow:intentSupports ;
    gmeow:hasEvidenceClass   gmeow:evidenceIndependentTradePress ;
    gmeow:sourceTier         gmeow:sourceTierSecondary ;
    gmeow:sourceIndependence gmeow:sourceIndependenceIndependent ;
    gmeow:coverageDepth      gmeow:coverageDepthSignificantCoverage ;
    gmeow:supportsNotability true .

Common Companion Terms

gmeow:CitationAct, gmeow:SourceIndependence

Usage Advice

Use when

• Use to record whether a cited source is editorially independent of its subject — the axis the kernel's gmeow:policyPublicOnlyWithIndependentSource disclosure policy resolves against in the solver layer (P12).

Avoid when

• Avoid using it as a measure of evidential warrant (gmeow:hasEvidenceClass) — independence is a notability axis, not a truth axis (Principle 1) — and avoid forcing one assessment; competing standpoint judgements coexist, so it stays non-functional.

How to use

• Point the gmeow:CitationAct at a gmeow:SourceIndependence individual; the solver reads it together with the kernel disclosure policy to gate conditional public release, and competing assessments are kept as separate claims (Principle 9).

Examples

• ex:citation gmeow:sourceIndependence gmeow:sourceIndependenceIndependent.