usage interval

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

The time interval over which a name-usage held. (A relator carries its period this way — matching contacts' relationshipInterval — rather than via duringInterval.)

Structure

Property shape: object property; gmeow:NameUsage -> gmeow:TimeInterval

Practical Pattern

Use gmeow:usageInterval from gmeow:NameUsage to gmeow:TimeInterval when the relationship itself belongs in the native GMEOW graph.

Common Companion Terms

gmeow:NameUsage, gmeow:TimeInterval

Usage Advice

Use when

• Use to carry the period over which a gmeow:NameUsage held — a former, historical, or life-stage-scoped name use that needs an explicit interval.

Avoid when

• Avoid gmeow:duringInterval for a relator's own period (use this, matching contacts' relationshipInterval) and avoid deleting a lapsed usage — set gmeow:displayable false on a superseded name instead.

How to use

• Point gmeow:usageInterval at a gmeow:TimeInterval; for a simple bearing without a full relator, carry validity with gmeow:validFrom/validUntil on the statement instead.

Examples

• ex:usageFamily gmeow:usageInterval ex:childhoodYears.