Generational Memory Ontology (GMOnt)

A lightweight OWL ontology for representing family trees, generational cohorts, and multimodal memories — including text, audio, photo, and video.

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Overview

The Generational Memory Ontology (GMOnt) provides a minimal yet expressive framework for modeling intergenerational relationships and the cultural artifacts that preserve family memory.
It is designed for simplicity, interoperability, and modular extension.

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Key Features

• Atomic kinship semantics — defines only the essential relationships:
  parentOf, childOf, siblingOf, and spouseOf, ensuring clarity and avoiding redundancy.
• Media-aware memory modeling — integrates with Schema.org and Dublin Core to describe text, photo, audio, and video artifacts.
• Extensible architecture — SHACL shapes and SPARQL inference/query rules are maintained in companion files for validation, reasoning, and analytic enrichment.
• Interoperable — aligned with FOAF and Schema.org vocabularies for compatibility with broader linked-data ecosystems.

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Repository Structure

ontology/
   generational-memory.ttl              # Core ontology (this file)
   generational-memory.shacl.ttl        # SHACL validation shapes
   generational-memory-all.sparql       # Inference + query rules
samples/
   example.ttl                # Demonstration dataset
README.md
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