GMEOW Rights & IP Module

What This Slice Covers

This slice owns 204 terms and contributes 319 mapping or projection rows. Use it when its terms match the native fact you want to preserve; use the linkage tables to see how those facts leave GMEOW for consumer vocabularies.

Dependencies

Consumers

Local Map

rights map

Examples

Licensed Dataset

# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2026 Blackcat Informatics® Inc. <paudley@blackcatinformatics.ca>
# SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0
#
# Worked example: rights are flat-first, promoted on demand ( P4). The
# common case is a single gmeow:hasLicense + gmeow:hasCopyright edge — no relator
# needed. Only when the deontic RULES matter (who may do what, under which duty,
# what is forbidden) is the flat form PROMOTED to a gmeow:RightsStatement bearing
# the ODRL-superset trio: gmeow:Permission / gmeow:Prohibition / gmeow:Duty, each
# over an open gmeow:RightsAction value. A licence is itself an Agreement, aligned
# to CC/ODRL by reference (spdxLicenseId, licenseFamily) — never owl:sameAs (P5).
@prefix gmeow: <https://blackcatinformatics.ca/gmeow/> .
@prefix ex:    <https://blackcatinformatics.ca/gmeow/examples/rights/> .
@prefix rdfs:  <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#> .
@prefix xsd:   <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#> .

ex:researcher a gmeow:Person ; gmeow:name "Dr. Mara Okafor"@en .

# --- The asset, with the FLAT-first rights edges (the common case) plus a
#     promoted RightsStatement because permissions/prohibitions/duties are needed.
ex:dataset a gmeow:Dataset ;
    gmeow:title "Coastal Bird Survey 2026"@en ;
    gmeow:hasCopyright       ex:copyright ;
    gmeow:hasLicense         ex:ccbync ;
    gmeow:hasRightsStatement ex:rights .

# --- Flat copyright fact.
ex:copyright a gmeow:Copyright ;
    gmeow:copyrightWork   ex:dataset ;
    gmeow:copyrightHolder ex:researcher ;
    gmeow:copyrightYear   "2026"^^xsd:gYear ;
    gmeow:copyrightStatus gmeow:copyrightStatusInCopyright .

# --- The licence: an Agreement, aligned to CC by REFERENCE (P5), not equated.
ex:ccbync a gmeow:License ;
    rdfs:label          "CC BY-NC 4.0"@en ;
    gmeow:licensor      ex:researcher ;
    gmeow:licensedWork  ex:dataset ;
    gmeow:licenseFamily gmeow:licenseFamilyCC ;
    gmeow:spdxLicenseId "CC-BY-NC-4.0" .

# --- Promoted form: the deontic rules the flat edge cannot carry.
ex:rights a gmeow:RightsStatement ;
    gmeow:statementAbout ex:dataset ;
    gmeow:hasPermission  ex:permReproduce ;
    gmeow:hasProhibition ex:prohCommercial .

# --- Permission to reproduce, but only if the attribution DUTY is discharged.
ex:permReproduce a gmeow:Permission ;
    gmeow:ruleAction gmeow:actionReproduce ;
    gmeow:hasDuty    ex:dutyAttribute .

ex:dutyAttribute a gmeow:Duty ;
    gmeow:ruleAction gmeow:actionAttribute .

# --- Prohibition: no commercial use (the NC of CC BY-NC).
ex:prohCommercial a gmeow:Prohibition ;
    gmeow:ruleAction gmeow:actionCommercialize .

Terms

Classes

Term Label Definition
gmeow:AtomicConstraint Atomic Constraint A single ODRL constraint comparison: a gmeow:leftOperand (the dimension tested), a gmeow:constraintOperator (the comparison), and a gmeow:rightOperand (the val...
gmeow:ConflictStrategy Conflict Strategy A policy conflict-resolution strategy — the ODRL conflict values perm / prohibit / invalid.
gmeow:Constraint Constraint The abstract base of a condition on a rights rule (odrl:Constraint) — specialised by gmeow:AtomicConstraint (a leftOperand / operator / rightOperand comparison...
gmeow:ConstraintLogic Constraint Logic The boolean operator of a logical constraint — odrl:and / odrl:or / odrl:xone (exactly one) / odrl:andSequence (ordered conjunction).
gmeow:ConstraintOperator Constraint Operator The comparison operator of an atomic constraint — the ODRL operator vocabulary (eq, neq, lt, lteq, gt, gteq, isPartOf, isA, isAnyOf, …).
gmeow:Copyright Copyright The reified copyright over a work — binding the work, its holder(s), the copyright year and the human-readable notice. Its status (in-copyright, public-domain,...
gmeow:CopyrightStatus Copyright Status The copyright standing of a work — a VALUE aligned to the RightsStatements.org standardized statements and PREMIS copyright status. Open: a finer-grained state...
gmeow:Duty Duty A rule that obliges the discharge of a gmeow:RightsAction (e.g. attribute, share-alike, obtain-consent) as a condition of a permission (odrl:Duty / odrl:obliga...
gmeow:LeftOperand Left Operand The dimension an atomic constraint tests — an OPEN value vocabulary mirroring the ODRL leftOperand vocabulary (dateTime, spatial, count, purpose, recipient, in...
gmeow:License License A licence granting rights in a work — modelled as a gmeow:Agreement (it binds licensor and licensee and creates permissions / duties). The canonical superset o...
gmeow:LicenseFamily License Family The family of a licence — public-domain, Creative Commons, permissive, copyleft, proprietary, or dual. An OPEN value vocabulary; the ontology-side reflection o...
gmeow:LogicalConstraint Logical Constraint A boolean combination of constraints under a gmeow:constraintLogic operator (odrl:and / odrl:or / odrl:xone / odrl:andSequence) over its gmeow:logicConstraintM...
gmeow:Mark Mark A brand / sign / name / logo that can be trademarked — the thing a gmeow:Trademark protects (schema:Brand). An information object: it may itself bear a gmeow:R...
gmeow:Permission Permission A rule that grants the ability to exercise a gmeow:RightsAction over the governed asset (odrl:Permission). Its required duties ride gmeow:hasDuty.
gmeow:PrivacyNotice Privacy Notice A human- or machine-readable privacy notice informing data subjects about the processing of their personal data — the information-object counterpart of a dpv:P...
gmeow:Prohibition Prohibition A rule that forbids the exercise of a gmeow:RightsAction over the governed asset (odrl:Prohibition).
gmeow:RightsAction Rights Action The kind of action a rights rule regulates — a VALUE, never a rule subclass. The set is open (ODRL's action vocabulary + CC REL); an action not among the seed...
gmeow:RightsStatement Rights Statement A reified, machine-readable statement of the rights situation of an entity — an observation in the universal claim stack (observation-spine bridge). Who may do...
gmeow:RightsType Rights Type A kind of intellectual-property right — an OPEN value vocabulary (copyright, trademark, patent, industrial design, trade secret, related rights, moral rights,...
gmeow:Rule Rule The abstract base of a deontic rule in a rights statement — it binds a regulated gmeow:RightsAction to an optional target asset and assignee. Specialised by gm...
gmeow:Trademark Trademark The reified trademark right over a mark — binding the mark, its holder, the registration number and the ™/®/status value. Aligned (by reference) to schema:Bran...
gmeow:TrademarkStatus Trademark Status The registration status of a trademark — a VALUE: unregistered (™), registered (®), pending, expired, or cancelled. Open vocabulary.

Properties

Term Label Definition
gmeow:acquireLicensePage acquire license page A page where a licence to use the asset may be acquired (schema:acquireLicensePage).
gmeow:attributionText attribution text The credit line to display when reusing the asset (schema:creditText; cc:attributionName) — e.g. "Photo by Jane Doe / CC BY 4.0". The structured holder is gmeo...
gmeow:attributionUrl attribution url The URL the attribution credit should link to when reusing the asset (cc:attributionURL).
gmeow:conditionsOfAccess conditions of access Human-readable conditions under which the asset may be accessed (schema:conditionsOfAccess), e.g. "on-site access only".
gmeow:conflictStrategy conflict strategy How a rights statement resolves a permission/prohibition conflict over the same action (odrl:conflict): gmeow:conflictPerm (permission wins), gmeow:conflictPro...
gmeow:constraintLogic constraint logic The boolean operator combining a logical constraint's members — one of the gmeow:ConstraintLogic values (odrl:and / or / xone / andSequence). Functional.
gmeow:constraintOperator constraint operator The comparison operator of an atomic constraint — one of the gmeow:ConstraintOperator values (odrl:operator). Functional.
gmeow:copyrightHolder copyright holder The agent that holds a copyright (schema:copyrightHolder; dcterms:rightsHolder). A specialisation of gmeow:wasAttributedTo — the canonical rights-holder attrib...
gmeow:copyrightNotice copyright notice The human-readable copyright notice (schema:copyrightNotice), e.g. "© 2026 Blackcat Informatics® Inc."
gmeow:copyrightStatus copyright status The copyright status of a work — one of the gmeow:CopyrightStatus values (in-copyright / public-domain / no-known-copyright / not-evaluated), aligned to Rights...
gmeow:copyrightWork copyright work The work a copyright protects. Functional: one copyright relator is about one work.
gmeow:copyrightYear copyright year The year copyright was asserted (schema:copyrightYear). Typed rdfs:Literal in the TBox to stay OWL 2 DL (xsd:gYear is not an OWL 2 datatype); data carries an x...
gmeow:hasCopyright has copyright Relates a work to its reified copyright.
gmeow:hasDataController has data controller The data controller responsible for processing personal data under a rights statement — the agent that determines the purposes and means of processing.
gmeow:hasDataSubject has data subject The data subject whose personal data is governed by a rights statement — the individual about whom personal data is processed. Not a subproperty of gmeow:hasPa...
gmeow:hasDuty has duty Relates a rights statement (or a permission) to a duty / obligation that must be discharged (an odrl:duty / odrl:obligation rule). The domain is the union of g...
gmeow:hasLicense has license Relates an entity (a work, dataset, software project, …) to a licence granting rights in it (dcterms:license; schema:license). Named gmeow:hasLicense — gmeow:l...
gmeow:hasPermission has permission Relates a rights statement to a permission it grants (an odrl:permission rule).
gmeow:hasPrivacyNotice has privacy notice Relates an entity or rights statement to its privacy notice. Domain-free: a notice may be attached to a RightsStatement, a Licence, or directly to the governed...
gmeow:hasProhibition has prohibition Relates a rights statement to a prohibition it imposes (an odrl:prohibition rule).
gmeow:hasRightsStatement has rights statement Relates an entity (typically a gmeow:CreativeWork or gmeow:InformationObject) to a machine-readable rights statement that governs it — the GMEOW analogue of od...
gmeow:hasTrademark has trademark Relates an entity (a mark, product or organization) to a trademark right over it.
gmeow:isAccessibleForFree is accessible for free Whether the asset is accessible without payment (schema:isAccessibleForFree).
gmeow:isOsiApproved is OSI approved Whether the licence is approved by the Open Source Initiative (spdx:isOsiApproved).
gmeow:leftOperand left operand The dimension an atomic constraint tests — one of the gmeow:LeftOperand values (odrl:leftOperand). Functional.
gmeow:licenseFamily license family The family a licence belongs to — one of the gmeow:LicenseFamily values. Functional.
gmeow:licenseText license text The full legal text of a licence (spdx:licenseText).
gmeow:licensedWork licensed work The work a licence grants rights in. Functional.
gmeow:licensee licensee The party receiving a licence (odrl:assignee). A specialisation of gmeow:hasParty. Absent on an open / public licence offered to everyone.
gmeow:licensor licensor The party granting a licence (odrl:assigner). A specialisation of gmeow:hasParty. Non-functional: a licence may be granted jointly.
gmeow:logicConstraintMember logic constraint member A member constraint combined by a logical constraint (odrl:operand). Non-functional: a logical constraint combines two or more.
gmeow:markText mark text The textual form of a mark (the brand name / word mark), e.g. "Blackcat Informatics®".
gmeow:registrationNumber registration number The registry registration number of a trademark (e.g. a CIPO / USPTO / WIPO number).
gmeow:rightOperand right operand The value an atomic constraint tests against (odrl:rightOperand), e.g. "2030-01-01", "EU", "5". For an IRI-valued operand use gmeow:rightOperandReference.
gmeow:rightOperandReference right operand reference An IRI-valued right operand (odrl:rightOperandReference) — e.g. a place, party, or vocabulary individual the constraint tests against.
gmeow:rightsType rights type The kind(s) of intellectual-property right a statement concerns — one of the open gmeow:RightsType values (copyright, trademark, patent, industrial design, tra...
gmeow:ruleAction rule action The regulated action of a rule — one of the open gmeow:RightsAction values (odrl:action). Functional: a rule regulates exactly one action; several actions are...
gmeow:ruleAssignee rule assignee The party a rule applies to (odrl:assignee). Absent means the rule applies to everyone (an open offer to the public).
gmeow:ruleConsequence rule consequence A duty triggered when a rule is unfulfilled or violated — the ODRL consequence (on a duty) / remedy (on a prohibition). The deontic chaining that makes a polic...
gmeow:ruleConstraint rule constraint Relates a rule to a constraint that conditions it (odrl:constraint). A permission/prohibition/duty holds only when all its constraints are satisfied.
gmeow:ruleTarget rule target The asset a rule regulates (odrl:target). Optional; absent when the rule inherits its target from the enclosing rights statement's gmeow:statementAbout.
gmeow:spdxLicenseId SPDX license id The SPDX License List short identifier of a licence — the canonical machine-readable licence id (e.g. "MIT", "Apache-2.0", "CC-BY-4.0", "GPL-3.0-only"). The br...
gmeow:spdxLicenseName SPDX license name The full SPDX License List name of a licence (spdx:name), e.g. "Apache License 2.0".
gmeow:statementAbout statement about The asset a rights statement governs — the ODRL target. Usually the inverse of gmeow:hasRightsStatement; asserted on the relator so the statement is self-conta...
gmeow:trademarkHolder trademark holder The agent that holds a trademark (the proprietor). A specialisation of gmeow:wasAttributedTo. Non-functional: a mark may be jointly held.
gmeow:trademarkMark trademark mark The mark a trademark protects. Functional.
gmeow:trademarkStatus trademark status The status of a trademark — one of the gmeow:TrademarkStatus values (unregistered ™ / registered ® / pending / expired / cancelled). Functional.
gmeow:usageInfo usage info Human-readable supplementary usage / licensing information (schema:usageInfo).

Individuals

Term Label Definition
gmeow:actionAcceptTracking accept tracking Accept that use of the asset may be tracked (odrl:acceptTracking).
gmeow:actionAggregate aggregate Use the asset within an aggregation with other assets (odrl:aggregate).
gmeow:actionAnnotate annotate Add explanatory notations to the asset (odrl:annotate).
gmeow:actionAnonymize anonymize Anonymise identifying information in the asset (odrl:anonymize).
gmeow:actionArchive archive Store the asset for long-term preservation (odrl:archive).
gmeow:actionAttribute attribute Credit the rights holder (odrl:attribute; cc:Attribution) — typically the action of an attribution duty.
gmeow:actionCommercialize commercialize Use the asset for commercial advantage (odrl:commercialize; cc:CommercialUse).
gmeow:actionCompensate compensate Compensate the assigner by payment (odrl:compensate) — typically a duty.
gmeow:actionConcurrentUse concurrent use Permit a limited number of concurrent uses (odrl:concurrentUse).
gmeow:actionDelete delete Permanently remove all copies of the asset (odrl:delete).
gmeow:actionDerive derive / modify Create derivative / adapted works from the asset (odrl:derive; cc:DerivativeWorks).
gmeow:actionDigitize digitize Produce a digital copy of a physical asset (odrl:digitize).
gmeow:actionDisplay display Display the asset, e.g. on screen (odrl:display).
gmeow:actionDistribute distribute Distribute / publish copies of the asset (odrl:distribute; cc:Distribution).
gmeow:actionEnsureExclusivity ensure exclusivity Guarantee exclusivity of the granted rights (odrl:ensureExclusivity) — a duty.
gmeow:actionExecute execute Run / execute the asset (e.g. software) (odrl:execute).
gmeow:actionExtract extract Extract part of the asset (odrl:extract) — e.g. for text/data mining.
gmeow:actionGive give Transfer ownership of the asset to another party without compensation (odrl:give).
gmeow:actionGrantUse grant use Grant the use of the asset to third parties (odrl:grantUse).
gmeow:actionInclude include Include other related assets in the asset (odrl:include).
gmeow:actionIndex index Record the asset in an index (odrl:index).
gmeow:actionInform inform Inform a party that an action has occurred (odrl:inform) — a duty.
gmeow:actionInstall install Install the asset on a device (odrl:install).
gmeow:actionLease lease Make the asset available for use for a period in return for payment (odrl:lease).
gmeow:actionLend lend Make the asset available for temporary use without transferring ownership (odrl:lend).
gmeow:actionModify modify Change existing content of the asset (odrl:modify).
gmeow:actionMove move Move the asset from one digital location to another, deleting the original (odrl:move).
gmeow:actionNextPolicy next policy Apply a subsequent policy to a re-distributed asset (odrl:nextPolicy).
gmeow:actionObtainConsent obtain consent Obtain the holder's prior consent before exercising a permission (odrl:obtainConsent).
gmeow:actionPlay play Render the asset as audio/video (odrl:play).
gmeow:actionPresent present / display Publicly present, perform or display the asset (odrl:present).
gmeow:actionPrint print Create a hard-copy rendition of the asset (odrl:print).
gmeow:actionProcessPersonalData process personal data Process personal data about a data subject — the privacy-regulated action (aligned to dpv:Processing and odrl:use).
gmeow:actionRead read Obtain data from the asset (odrl:read).
gmeow:actionReproduce reproduce Make copies of the asset (odrl:reproduce; cc:Reproduction).
gmeow:actionRetainNotice retain notice Preserve copyright / licence notices (cc:Notice) — typically the action of a notice duty.
gmeow:actionReviewPolicy review policy Review the policy applicable to the asset (odrl:reviewPolicy) — a duty.
gmeow:actionSell sell Transfer ownership of the asset in return for payment (odrl:sell).
gmeow:actionShareAlike share alike Distribute derivatives under the same licence (odrl:shareAlike; cc:ShareAlike) — typically the action of a share-alike duty.
gmeow:actionStream stream Deliver the asset as a real-time stream (odrl:stream).
gmeow:actionSynchronize synchronize Use the asset in timed relation with another asset (odrl:synchronize).
gmeow:actionTextToSpeech text to speech Render text of the asset as synthesized speech (odrl:textToSpeech).
gmeow:actionTransfer transfer Transfer ownership of the asset to another party (odrl:transfer).
gmeow:actionTransform transform Convert the asset into a different format (odrl:transform).
gmeow:actionTranslate translate Translate the asset into another language (odrl:translate).
gmeow:actionUninstall uninstall Remove an installed asset from a device (odrl:uninstall).
gmeow:actionUse use Use the asset (the broad odrl:use action).
gmeow:actionWatermark watermark Apply a watermark to the asset (odrl:watermark) — a duty.
gmeow:conflictInvalid policy void on conflict The ODRL invalid conflict-resolution strategy (odrl:invalid).
gmeow:conflictPerm permission wins The ODRL perm conflict-resolution strategy (odrl:perm).
gmeow:conflictProhibit prohibition wins The ODRL prohibit conflict-resolution strategy (odrl:prohibit).
gmeow:copyrightStatusInCopyright in copyright The work is protected by copyright (RightsStatements.org InC).
gmeow:copyrightStatusInCopyrightEducationalUse in copyright — educational use permitted In copyright, educational use permitted (RightsStatements.org InC-EDU).
gmeow:copyrightStatusInCopyrightEuOrphanWork in copyright — EU orphan work In copyright, an EU orphan work (RightsStatements.org InC-OW-EU).
gmeow:copyrightStatusInCopyrightNonCommercialUse in copyright — non-commercial use permitted In copyright, non-commercial use permitted (RightsStatements.org InC-NC).
gmeow:copyrightStatusInCopyrightRightsholderUnlocatable in copyright — rights-holder unlocatable In copyright, rights-holder(s) unlocatable or unidentifiable (RightsStatements.org InC-RUU).
gmeow:copyrightStatusNoCopyrightContractualRestrictions no copyright — contractual restrictions No copyright, contractual restrictions apply (RightsStatements.org NoC-CR).
gmeow:copyrightStatusNoCopyrightNonCommercialOnly no copyright — non-commercial use only No copyright, non-commercial use only (RightsStatements.org NoC-NC).
gmeow:copyrightStatusNoCopyrightOtherLegalRestrictions no copyright — other known legal restrictions No copyright, other known legal restrictions (RightsStatements.org NoC-OKLR).
gmeow:copyrightStatusNoCopyrightUnitedStates no copyright — United States No copyright in the United States (RightsStatements.org NoC-US).
gmeow:copyrightStatusNoKnownCopyright no known copyright No copyright is known to subsist, after evaluation (RightsStatements.org NKC).
gmeow:copyrightStatusNotEvaluated copyright not evaluated The copyright status has not been evaluated (RightsStatements.org CNE).
gmeow:copyrightStatusPublicDomain public domain The work is in the public domain (the CC public-domain mark; RightsStatements.org NoC-related).
gmeow:copyrightStatusUndetermined copyright undetermined Copyright undetermined (RightsStatements.org UND).
gmeow:leftOpAbsolutePosition absolute position The ODRL absolutePosition constraint dimension (odrl:absolutePosition).
gmeow:leftOpAbsoluteSize absolute size The ODRL absoluteSize constraint dimension (odrl:absoluteSize).
gmeow:leftOpAbsoluteSpatialPosition absolute spatial position The ODRL absoluteSpatialPosition constraint dimension (odrl:absoluteSpatialPosition).
gmeow:leftOpAbsoluteTemporalPosition absolute temporal position The ODRL absoluteTemporalPosition constraint dimension (odrl:absoluteTemporalPosition).
gmeow:leftOpCount use count The ODRL count constraint dimension (odrl:count).
gmeow:leftOpDateTime date/time The ODRL dateTime constraint dimension (odrl:dateTime).
gmeow:leftOpDelayPeriod delay period The ODRL delayPeriod constraint dimension (odrl:delayPeriod).
gmeow:leftOpDeliveryChannel delivery channel The ODRL deliveryChannel constraint dimension (odrl:deliveryChannel).
gmeow:leftOpDevice device The ODRL device constraint dimension (odrl:device).
gmeow:leftOpElapsedTime elapsed time The ODRL elapsedTime constraint dimension (odrl:elapsedTime).
gmeow:leftOpEvent event The ODRL event constraint dimension (odrl:event).
gmeow:leftOpFileFormat file format The ODRL fileFormat constraint dimension (odrl:fileFormat).
gmeow:leftOpIndustry industry The ODRL industry constraint dimension (odrl:industry).
gmeow:leftOpLanguage language The ODRL language constraint dimension (odrl:language).
gmeow:leftOpMedia media context The ODRL media constraint dimension (odrl:media).
gmeow:leftOpMeteredTime metered time The ODRL meteredTime constraint dimension (odrl:meteredTime).
gmeow:leftOpPayAmount pay amount The ODRL payAmount constraint dimension (odrl:payAmount).
gmeow:leftOpPercentage percentage The ODRL percentage constraint dimension (odrl:percentage).
gmeow:leftOpProduct product context The ODRL product constraint dimension (odrl:product).
gmeow:leftOpPurpose purpose The ODRL purpose constraint dimension (odrl:purpose).
gmeow:leftOpRecipient recipient The ODRL recipient constraint dimension (odrl:recipient).
gmeow:leftOpRelativePosition relative position The ODRL relativePosition constraint dimension (odrl:relativePosition).
gmeow:leftOpRelativeSize relative size The ODRL relativeSize constraint dimension (odrl:relativeSize).
gmeow:leftOpRelativeSpatialPosition relative spatial position The ODRL relativeSpatialPosition constraint dimension (odrl:relativeSpatialPosition).
gmeow:leftOpRelativeTemporalPosition relative temporal position The ODRL relativeTemporalPosition constraint dimension (odrl:relativeTemporalPosition).
gmeow:leftOpResolution rendition resolution The ODRL resolution constraint dimension (odrl:resolution).
gmeow:leftOpSpatial spatial region The ODRL spatial constraint dimension (odrl:spatial).
gmeow:leftOpSpatialCoordinates spatial coordinates The ODRL spatialCoordinates constraint dimension (odrl:spatialCoordinates).
gmeow:leftOpSystem system The ODRL system constraint dimension (odrl:system).
gmeow:leftOpSystemDevice system device The ODRL systemDevice constraint dimension (odrl:systemDevice).
gmeow:leftOpTimeInterval recurring time interval The ODRL timeInterval constraint dimension (odrl:timeInterval).
gmeow:leftOpUnitOfCount unit of count The ODRL unitOfCount constraint dimension (odrl:unitOfCount).
gmeow:leftOpVersion asset version The ODRL version constraint dimension (odrl:version).
gmeow:leftOpVirtualLocation virtual location The ODRL virtualLocation constraint dimension (odrl:virtualLocation).
gmeow:licenseFamilyCC Creative Commons A Creative Commons licence (CC BY, CC BY-SA, CC BY-NC, …).
gmeow:licenseFamilyCopyleft copyleft A copyleft / share-alike licence (the GPL family, EUPL, CC BY-SA, ODbL).
gmeow:licenseFamilyDual dual-licensed Offered under more than one licence at the recipient's choice (e.g. open plus commercial).
gmeow:licenseFamilyPermissive permissive A permissive software/data licence (MIT, BSD, Apache-2.0, ODC-BY).
gmeow:licenseFamilyProprietary proprietary A proprietary / all-rights-reserved licence.
gmeow:licenseFamilyPublicDomain public domain A public-domain dedication / mark (CC0, the public-domain mark).
gmeow:logicAnd and (all) The ODRL and logical-constraint operator (odrl:and).
gmeow:logicAndSequence and (ordered) The ODRL andSequence logical-constraint operator (odrl:andSequence).
gmeow:logicOr or (any) The ODRL or logical-constraint operator (odrl:or).
gmeow:logicXone exactly one The ODRL xone logical-constraint operator (odrl:xone).
gmeow:operatorEq equal to The ODRL eq comparison operator (odrl:eq).
gmeow:operatorGt greater than The ODRL gt comparison operator (odrl:gt).
gmeow:operatorGteq greater than or equal to The ODRL gteq comparison operator (odrl:gteq).
gmeow:operatorHasPart has part The ODRL hasPart comparison operator (odrl:hasPart).
gmeow:operatorIsA is a The ODRL isA comparison operator (odrl:isA).
gmeow:operatorIsAllOf is all of The ODRL isAllOf comparison operator (odrl:isAllOf).
gmeow:operatorIsAnyOf is any of The ODRL isAnyOf comparison operator (odrl:isAnyOf).
gmeow:operatorIsNoneOf is none of The ODRL isNoneOf comparison operator (odrl:isNoneOf).
gmeow:operatorIsPartOf is part of The ODRL isPartOf comparison operator (odrl:isPartOf).
gmeow:operatorLt less than The ODRL lt comparison operator (odrl:lt).
gmeow:operatorLteq less than or equal to The ODRL lteq comparison operator (odrl:lteq).
gmeow:operatorNeq not equal to The ODRL neq comparison operator (odrl:neq).
gmeow:rightsTypeCopyright copyright The copyright kind of intellectual-property right (wd:Q1297822).
gmeow:rightsTypeDatabaseRight database right The database right kind of intellectual-property right (wd:Q688416).
gmeow:rightsTypeIndustrialDesign industrial design right The industrial design right kind of intellectual-property right (wd:Q252799).
gmeow:rightsTypeMoralRights moral rights The moral rights kind of intellectual-property right (wd:Q1057599).
gmeow:rightsTypePatent patent The patent kind of intellectual-property right (wd:Q253623).
gmeow:rightsTypePlantBreedersRights plant breeders' rights The plant breeders' rights kind of intellectual-property right (wd:Q695112).
gmeow:rightsTypeRelatedRights related rights The related rights kind of intellectual-property right (wd:Q489344).
gmeow:rightsTypeTradeSecret trade secret The trade secret kind of intellectual-property right (wd:Q602938).
gmeow:rightsTypeTrademark trademark The trademark kind of intellectual-property right (wd:Q167270).
gmeow:trademarkStatusCancelled cancelled A registration that has been cancelled / invalidated.
gmeow:trademarkStatusExpired expired A registration that has lapsed / expired (retained, not deleted — Principle 10; gmeow:validUntil records when).
gmeow:trademarkStatusPending pending A trademark application pending registration.
gmeow:trademarkStatusRegistered registered (®) A registered trademark, asserted with the ® symbol.
gmeow:trademarkStatusUnregistered unregistered (™) An unregistered common-law trademark, asserted with the ™ symbol.

Linkages

Source Kind Profile Predicate/Relation Target Evidence
gmeow:Constraint equivalence - skos:closeMatch odrl:Constraint gmeow-rights.sssom.tsv; gmeow:eqRights069; confidence 0.85
gmeow:Constraint equivalence - skos:relatedMatch premis:restriction gmeow-rights.sssom.tsv; gmeow:eqRights197; confidence 0.5
gmeow:Copyright equivalence - skos:closeMatch premis:Copyright gmeow-rights.sssom.tsv; gmeow:eqRights192; confidence 0.7
gmeow:Copyright equivalence - skos:closeMatch wd:Q1297822 gmeow-wikidata.sssom.tsv; gmeow:eqWikidata006; confidence 0.8
gmeow:Duty equivalence - skos:closeMatch odrl:Duty gmeow-rights.sssom.tsv; gmeow:eqRights013; confidence 0.85
gmeow:License equivalence - skos:closeMatch cc:License gmeow-rights.sssom.tsv; gmeow:eqRights038; confidence 0.8
gmeow:License equivalence - skos:closeMatch dcterms:LicenseDocument gmeow-rights.sssom.tsv; gmeow:eqRights020; confidence 0.8
gmeow:License equivalence - skos:closeMatch odrl:Offer gmeow-rights.sssom.tsv; gmeow:eqRights016; confidence 0.6
gmeow:License equivalence - skos:closeMatch premis:License gmeow-rights.sssom.tsv; gmeow:eqRights193; confidence 0.7
gmeow:License equivalence - skos:closeMatch spdx:License gmeow-rights.sssom.tsv; gmeow:eqRights061; confidence 0.8
gmeow:License equivalence - skos:closeMatch spdx:ListedLicense gmeow-rights.sssom.tsv; gmeow:eqRights188; confidence 0.7
gmeow:License equivalence - skos:closeMatch wd:Q79719 gmeow-wikidata.sssom.tsv; gmeow:eqWikidata008; confidence 0.8
gmeow:LogicalConstraint equivalence - skos:closeMatch odrl:LogicalConstraint gmeow-rights.sssom.tsv; gmeow:eqRights070; confidence 0.85
gmeow:Mark equivalence - skos:closeMatch schema:Brand gmeow-rights.sssom.tsv; gmeow:eqRights033; confidence 0.8
gmeow:Mark equivalence - skos:closeMatch wd:Q431289 gmeow-wikidata.sssom.tsv; gmeow:eqWikidata009; confidence 0.75
gmeow:Permission equivalence - skos:closeMatch odrl:Permission gmeow-rights.sssom.tsv; gmeow:eqRights011; confidence 0.85
gmeow:Permission equivalence - skos:relatedMatch premis:allows gmeow-rights.sssom.tsv; gmeow:eqRights195; confidence 0.55
gmeow:Permission equivalence - skos:relatedMatch schema:DigitalDocumentPermission gmeow-rights.sssom.tsv; gmeow:eqRights186; confidence 0.5
gmeow:PrivacyNotice equivalence - skos:closeMatch dpv:PrivacyNotice gmeow-privacy.sssom.tsv; gmeow:eqPrivacy009; confidence 0.85
gmeow:PrivacyNotice equivalence - skos:closeMatch schema:PrivacyPolicy gmeow-privacy.sssom.tsv; gmeow:eqPrivacy010; confidence 0.8
gmeow:Prohibition equivalence - skos:closeMatch odrl:Prohibition gmeow-rights.sssom.tsv; gmeow:eqRights012; confidence 0.85
gmeow:Prohibition equivalence - skos:relatedMatch premis:restriction gmeow-rights.sssom.tsv; gmeow:eqRights196; confidence 0.55
gmeow:RightsStatement equivalence - skos:relatedMatch dcterms:RightsStatement gmeow-rights.sssom.tsv; gmeow:eqRights022; confidence 0.6
gmeow:RightsStatement equivalence - skos:closeMatch ladm:LA_RRR gmeow-places.sssom.tsv; gmeow:eqPlaces204; confidence 0.85
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Guide

Rights — alignment & projection reference

The alignment and projection companion to the rights doctrine. Everything here is authored once in mapping-dsl/ and generated by gmeow compile-mappings (Principle 4); nothing in mappings/, projections/, or queries/projections/ is hand-edited.

Terms

Term Kind Role
gmeow:RightsStatement class (gufo:Relator) the machine-readable rights situation of an asset (the ODRL Policy idea)
gmeow:Copyright class (gufo:Relator) copyright (work × holder × year × notice × status)
gmeow:License class (gufo:SubKind ⊑ gmeow:Agreement) a licence as an agreement
gmeow:Trademark / gmeow:Mark class (gufo:Relator) / class (⊑ gmeow:InformationObject) the trademark right / the mark it protects
gmeow:Rule → gmeow:Permission / gmeow:Prohibition / gmeow:Duty classes (gufo:Relator) the ODRL deontic rule trio
gmeow:RightsAction value vocabulary (gufo:QualityValue) the regulated action (reproduce, distribute, derive, …)
gmeow:LicenseFamily / gmeow:TrademarkStatus / gmeow:CopyrightStatus value vocabularies open status / family values
gmeow:hasLicense / gmeow:hasCopyright / gmeow:hasTrademark / gmeow:hasRightsStatement object properties flat-first attach points
gmeow:copyrightHolder / gmeow:trademarkHolder object properties (⊑ gmeow:wasAttributedTo) holder attribution
gmeow:licensor / gmeow:licensee object properties (⊑ gmeow:hasParty) licence parties
gmeow:spdxLicenseId datatype property the SPDX License List short identifier
gmeow:attributionText datatype property the credit line (schema:creditText / cc:attributionName)

Term anchors

gmeow:RightsStatement · gmeow:statementAbout · gmeow:hasRightsStatement · gmeow:rightsType · gmeow:RightsType

The machine-readable rights situation of an asset (the ODRL Policy idea): a RightsStatement statementAbout the asset it governs (the ODRL target), attached flat by hasRightsStatement. rightsType names the kind(s) of IP right it concerns — RightsType being an open value vocabulary (copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret, moral rights, database right, …) linked to Wikidata/WIPO.

gmeow:Copyright · gmeow:hasCopyright · gmeow:copyrightWork · gmeow:copyrightHolder · gmeow:copyrightYear · gmeow:copyrightNotice · gmeow:copyrightStatus · gmeow:CopyrightStatus

The copyright relator and its posts — the protected copyrightWork, the copyrightHolder (⊑ wasAttributedTo), the copyrightYear, the free-text copyrightNotice, and the copyrightStatus (a CopyrightStatus value: in-copyright, public-domain, …) — attached flat by hasCopyright.

gmeow:License · gmeow:LicenseFamily · gmeow:hasLicense · gmeow:licensedWork · gmeow:licensor · gmeow:licensee · gmeow:licenseFamily · gmeow:licenseText · gmeow:spdxLicenseId · gmeow:spdxLicenseName · gmeow:isOsiApproved

A licence as an Agreement (SubKind): its licensedWork, its licensor and licensee parties (⊑ hasParty), its licenseFamily (a LicenseFamily value — CC, copyleft, permissive, proprietary), and the SPDX handles (spdxLicenseId / spdxLicenseName / licenseText / isOsiApproved). Attached flat by hasLicense.

gmeow:Trademark · gmeow:Mark · gmeow:hasTrademark · gmeow:trademarkHolder · gmeow:trademarkMark · gmeow:trademarkStatus · gmeow:TrademarkStatus · gmeow:markText · gmeow:registrationNumber

The trademark right (Trademark, a relator) over the Mark it protects (an InformationObject, with markText and registrationNumber): trademarkHolder the holder (⊑ wasAttributedTo), trademarkMark the protected mark, and trademarkStatus (a TrademarkStatus value) the registration state. Attached flat by hasTrademark.

gmeow:Rule · gmeow:Permission · gmeow:Prohibition · gmeow:Duty · gmeow:hasPermission · gmeow:hasProhibition · gmeow:hasDuty · gmeow:ruleAction · gmeow:RightsAction · gmeow:ruleTarget · gmeow:ruleAssignee · gmeow:ruleConstraint · gmeow:ruleConsequence

The ODRL deontic rule trio — Permission, Prohibition, Duty (relators specialising Rule) — carried by hasPermission / hasProhibition / hasDuty. Each rule names exactly one ruleAction (a RightsAction value: reproduce, distribute, derive, …), its ruleTarget asset, its ruleAssignee, any ruleConstraint, and a duty's ruleConsequence remedy chain.

gmeow:Constraint · gmeow:AtomicConstraint · gmeow:LeftOperand · gmeow:ConstraintOperator · gmeow:leftOperand · gmeow:constraintOperator · gmeow:rightOperand · gmeow:rightOperandReference

The ODRL constraint algebra: an AtomicConstraint is one comparison — a leftOperand (the dimension tested, a LeftOperand value: dateTime, spatial, count, purpose, …), a constraintOperator (a ConstraintOperator value: eq, lt, lteq, …), and a rightOperand literal or rightOperandReference resource. A licence's temporal bound is an AtomicConstraint over the dateTime operand.

gmeow:LogicalConstraint · gmeow:ConstraintLogic · gmeow:constraintLogic · gmeow:logicConstraintMember · gmeow:ConflictStrategy · gmeow:conflictStrategy

A LogicalConstraint is a boolean combination of constraints under a constraintLogic operator (a ConstraintLogic value: and / or / xone / andSequence) over its logicConstraintMember constraints. conflictStrategy (a ConflictStrategy value: perm / prohibit / invalid) resolves policy conflicts.

gmeow:PrivacyNotice · gmeow:hasPrivacyNotice · gmeow:hasDataController · gmeow:hasDataSubject

The privacy layer: a PrivacyNotice (the dpv/schema PrivacyPolicy counterpart) attached domain-free by hasPrivacyNotice; hasDataController the agent determining processing purposes and means; hasDataSubject the individual whose personal data is governed.

gmeow:attributionText · gmeow:attributionUrl · gmeow:acquireLicensePage · gmeow:usageInfo · gmeow:conditionsOfAccess · gmeow:isAccessibleForFree

The schema.org / CC surface fields a rights statement carries: the credit line (attributionText = schema:creditText / cc:attributionName) and link (attributionUrl), the licence-acquisition page (acquireLicensePage), free-text usageInfo and conditionsOfAccess, and the isAccessibleForFree flag.

SSSOM alignments (mapping-dsl/equivalences/rights.ttl)

All by reference (Principle 5) — GMEOW never imports an external axiom. Compiled to mappings/gmeow-rights.sssom.tsv (68 rows). Wikidata rights links live in mapping-dsl/equivalences/wikidata.ttl (compiled to gmeow-wikidata.sssom.tsv); every QID/PID is curl-validated against the live Wikidata API before merge.

GMEOW predicate external target
gmeow:RightsStatement closeMatch / relatedMatch odrl:Policy, odrl:Set, dcterms:RightsStatement, premis:RightsStatement
gmeow:hasRightsStatement closeMatch odrl:hasPolicy
gmeow:Permission / Prohibition / Duty closeMatch odrl:Permission / odrl:Prohibition / odrl:Duty
gmeow:hasPermission / hasProhibition / hasDuty closeMatch / relatedMatch odrl:permission / odrl:prohibition / odrl:obligation; cc:permits / cc:prohibits / cc:requires
gmeow:ruleAction closeMatch odrl:action
gmeow:statementAbout / gmeow:ruleTarget closeMatch odrl:target
gmeow:ruleAssignee / gmeow:licensee closeMatch odrl:assignee
gmeow:licensor closeMatch odrl:assigner
gmeow:License closeMatch odrl:Offer, cc:License, dcterms:LicenseDocument, spdx:License, wd:Q79719
gmeow:hasLicense exactMatch / closeMatch / relatedMatch dcterms:license, schema:license, cc:license, spdx:licenseDeclared / spdx:licenseConcluded, wd:P275
gmeow:spdxLicenseId closeMatch spdx:licenseId
gmeow:copyrightHolder exactMatch / closeMatch dcterms:rightsHolder, schema:copyrightHolder, wd:P3931
gmeow:copyrightYear / gmeow:copyrightNotice exactMatch schema:copyrightYear / schema:copyrightNotice
gmeow:attributionText closeMatch schema:creditText, cc:attributionName
gmeow:Copyright / gmeow:Trademark / gmeow:Mark closeMatch wd:Q1297822 / wd:Q167270 / wd:Q431289; gmeow:Mark closeMatch schema:Brand
gmeow:copyrightStatus values closeMatch <rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC,NKC,CNE>, CC public-domain mark, wd:Q19652
gmeow:licenseFamily* values closeMatch wd:Q284742 (CC), wd:Q1139274 (copyleft), wd:Q3238057 (proprietary), wd:Q1437937 (permissive)
gmeow:RightsAction values exactMatch / closeMatch odrl:reproduce / distribute / derive / commercialize / present / use / extract / attribute / shareAlike / obtainConsent; cc:Reproduction / Distribution / DerivativeWorks / CommercialUse / Attribution / ShareAlike / Notice

WIPO trademark concepts are reached via Wikidata (wd:Q167270 trademark, wd:P1716 brand) rather than a fabricated wipo: namespace IRI.

Standards bridged (the full target set)

IPROnto (the UPF Intellectual Property Rights Ontology) and the MPEG-21 / ISO/IEC 21000 REL/RDD are conceptual antecedents of this facility. IPROnto has no maintained dereferenceable namespace and no Wikidata item, and MPEG-21 REL is XML-schema-based with no canonical RDF namespace; GMEOW therefore bridges that IPR-ontology / REL lineage by reference through ODRL, the Rights Expression Language Wikidata item, and the MPEG-21 Wikidata item rather than fabricating IRIs (Principle 5; verify-don't-fabricate).

Generated projections

Lossy, directional consumable views (Principle 4) — never the canonical model.

Profile File What it emits
ODRL queries/projections/odrl.rq gmeow:RightsStatement → odrl:Set with odrl:permission / odrl:prohibition / odrl:obligation rules (each odrl:action / odrl:target / odrl:assignee); gmeow:License → odrl:Offer + odrl:assigner. Action IRIs are the GMEOW values, exactMatch the ODRL action vocabulary in the SSSOM layer.
CC REL queries/projections/cc.rq gmeow:hasLicense → cc:license; gmeow:License → cc:License; gmeow:attributionText → cc:attributionName. CC's permits/requires/prohibits describe CC's own licence resources, linked by reference; the full deontic detail goes to ODRL.
schema.org queries/projections/schema-org.rq the Copyright relator flattens to schema:copyrightHolder / copyrightYear / copyrightNotice; gmeow:hasLicense → schema:license; gmeow:attributionText → schema:creditText; gmeow:Mark → schema:Brand; plus schema:isAccessibleForFree / acquireLicensePage / usageInfo.
Dublin Core queries/projections/dcterms.rq gmeow:hasLicense → dcterms:license; the Copyright relator flattens to dcterms:rightsHolder + a free-text dcterms:rights notice + dcterms:dateCopyrighted — the flat DC / DCAT rights view GMEOW already states about itself on the root ontology, generated for arbitrary instances.
SPDX queries/projections/spdx.rq gmeow:License → spdx:License with spdx:licenseId / spdx:name / spdx:licenseText / spdx:isOsiApproved — the SBOM / package-manager identifier view.

The ODRL projection also emits the full constraint algebra (odrl:constraint → odrl:Constraint with odrl:leftOperand / odrl:operator / odrl:rightOperand), the conflict-resolution strategy (odrl:conflict), duty consequence / remedy chaining (odrl:consequence), and odrl:Asset / odrl:Party typing — the ODRL deontic logic, not just its structure (Principle 1). A licence's temporal bound is modelled as an odrl:dateTime constraint; lightweight statement validity rides gmeow:validFrom / gmeow:validUntil (the temporal module), and rights provenance/confidence/standpoint ride the RDF-1.2 statement layer (statement-dsl/rights.ttl).

The structural ODRL / CC templateAtoms cells carry no EDOAL cell of their own, so the no-drift gate (projection_spec_drift) verifies every emitted odrl: / cc: term against the SSSOM linkage layer — the two layers validate each other.

SHACL shapes (shapes/gmeow-shapes.ttl)

Shape Severity Enforces
gmeow:RightsStatementShape Violation exactly one gmeow:statementAbout
gmeow:RuleHasActionShape Violation exactly one gmeow:ruleAction per rule
gmeow:CopyrightShape Violation one copyrightWork + ≥1 copyrightHolder
gmeow:LicenseShape Violation ≥1 gmeow:licensor
gmeow:TrademarkShape Violation one trademarkMark + ≥1 trademarkHolder
gmeow:ExpiredTrademarkSuppressionShape Warning expired / cancelled trademark sets gmeow:displayable false (Principle 10)
gmeow:NoPreferredClaimShape (generic) Violation no preferred / primary right (Principle 9)