version fingerprint

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

A content fingerprint of the versioned entity — a hash, SWHID, content digest, or semantic identifier. Broader than gmeow:contentDigest (which is byte-exact and domain gmeow:CreativeWork, typically Manifestation or Item): versionFingerprint covers semantic fingerprints where exact bytes are not the identity criterion (e.g. a normalized form, a canonicalized serialization). Non-functional: a single entity may carry several fingerprints under different algorithms or schemes.

Structure

Property shape: datatype property; gmeow:Entity -> rdfs:Literal

Practical Pattern

Use gmeow:versionFingerprint from gmeow:Entity to rdfs:Literal 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.

Release Channels

Source: slices/core/versions/examples/release-channels.ttl
Examples catalog: open in catalog#example-slices-core-versions-examples-release-channels

ex:release100 a gmeow:CreativeWork ;
    gmeow:title              "myapp 1.0.0"@en ;
    gmeow:versionFingerprint "1.0.0" .

Common Companion Terms

gmeow:Entity

Usage Advice

Use when

Use to fingerprint a versioned entity where the identity criterion is semantic rather than byte-exact — a SWHID, a normalized-form hash, a canonicalized-serialization digest.

Avoid when

Avoid for a byte-exact digest of a creative-work manifestation or item (use gmeow:contentDigest) and avoid assuming one fingerprint per entity; several algorithms or schemes may coexist, so it is non-functional.

How to use

Attach one literal per algorithm/scheme to the versioned gmeow:Entity; record byte-exact identity separately with gmeow:contentDigest where that is the criterion.

Examples

ex:v2 gmeow:versionFingerprint "swh:1:rev:abc123".