Profile

• CURIE: gmeow:Profile
• IRI: https://blackcatinformatics.ca/gmeow/Profile
• Category: class
• Defined by: gmeow:slices/profiles

A closed descriptor schema for an open-but-structured facet. A Profile self-describes the properties that constitute the facet and the open value vocabularies from which their values are drawn, enabling extensibility-by-construction.

Structure

Subclass of: gmeow:InformationObject, gufo:Object

Practical Pattern

Use gmeow:Profile as a specialized kind of gmeow:InformationObject, gufo:Object. Add statement metadata or a standpoint when the assertion needs provenance, confidence, or vantage.

Example Snippets

These snippets are generated from canonical slice examples and trimmed to the Turtle blocks where this term appears.

Web Presence

• Source: slices/core/documents/examples/web-presence.ttl
• Examples catalog: open in catalog#example-slices-core-documents-examples-web-presence

# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2026 Blackcat Informatics® Inc. <paudley@blackcatinformatics.ca>
# SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0
#
# Worked example: a web presence on the WEMI spine. A WebSite and
# its WebPages are concrete gmeow:Manifestations — so each embodies an Expression
# that realizes a Work, the same four-tier backing every published artifact
# carries. Pages belong to the site via gmeow:pageOfSite (⊑ partOf). The about
# page names a person as its gmeow:pagePrincipalSubject (⊑ isAbout), which makes
# it a gmeow:ProfilePage by INFERENCE — ProfilePage is a defined class (any
# WebPage whose principal subject is an Agent), so no manual typing is needed.
@prefix gmeow: <https://blackcatinformatics.ca/gmeow/> .
@prefix ex:    <https://blackcatinformatics.ca/gmeow/examples/documents/> .

Common Companion Terms

gmeow:InformationObject

External Equivalences

Equivalent or closely aligned targets: prof

Linkages

Generated from the canonical mapping DSL. SSSOM files are the generated public interchange form for term equivalences.

Term Equivalences

Usage Advice

Use when

• Use to declare the closed descriptor schema for an open-but-structured facet — the set of descriptor properties and the open value vocabularies a frame, value, or named slice profile is built from.

Avoid when

• Avoid for an ordinary instance of a facet (a Profile describes the schema, not a value of it) and avoid subclassing the facet's open vocabularies into the descriptor — list them with gmeow:profileOpenValue instead.

How to use

• Mint the Profile as an individual, name its target class with gmeow:profileAppliesTo, enumerate descriptor properties with gmeow:profileDescriptor, and the open value classes with gmeow:profileOpenValue; instances reference it via gmeow:hasProfile.

Examples

• ex:profileReferenceFrame a gmeow:Profile; gmeow:profileAppliesTo gmeow:ReferenceFrame.