Temporal Lane Scheme

Publisher: Global.Church · Created: 2026-05-10 · 5 concepts

https://ontology.global.church/core#TemporalLaneScheme

A controlled vocabulary classifying properties by their temporal lane — whether the property records historical provenance, present derived state, future intent, stable identity facts, or materialized inference shortcuts. Properties are annotated via gc:temporalSemantics.

Code	Label	Definition
`CUR-STAT`	Current State Term	Properties that record present-state values derived from the latest non-superseded datum in a provenance chain. The asserted value can change over time as new attestations arrive; queries treat the property as the body's current status. Examples: gc:hasEkklesiaLifecycle (materialized via ekklesia-lifecycle-latest.rq from the latest non-Withdrawn EkklesiaAttestation), gc:attestationStatus, gc:needStatus, gc:commitmentStatus.
`END-PROF`	Enduring Profile Term	Properties describing stable, identity-level facts about an entity — its name, classification axes, contact details, structural form. These can change but are not naturally interpreted as 'present state at this moment' or 'history of past events' — they're profile-level facts that consumers expect to be approximately stable. Examples: gc:orgName, gc:hasOrganizationType, gc:hasBeliefClassification, gc:hasOrganizationalCapability, gc:website, gc:phone, gc:email, gc:summary.
`MAT-SHRT`	Materialized Shortcut Term	Properties that mirror a more canonical inferred or richer-provenance path — query-acceleration shortcuts whose authoritative source lives elsewhere (a richer-provenance class, a separate inference rule, or an inferred path). The shortcut is convenient for consumers but is not the canonical statement. Examples: gc:isMemberOf / gc:hasMemberOrganization / gc:parentOrganization / gc:hasChildOrganization (shortcuts for richer org-structure relationships), gc:hasCurrentHealthResult (materialized via ekklesia-current-health.rq from the latest non-superseded gc:AssessmentResult per methodology).
`PLN-INTN`	Planned Intent Term	Properties that record future intent — dates a commitment is expected to be fulfilled by, planned activity start/end, properties on gc:Planned* classes describing what is intended rather than what has happened. Distinct from gc:ProvenanceHistoryTerm: a target date is a forward-looking intent, not a historical record. Examples: gc:targetCompletionDate, properties on gc:PlannedMinistryActivity, gc:MinistryPlan, gc:ChurchFormationPlan.
`PRV-HIST`	Provenance History Term	Properties that record dated historical claims — when an event happened, when a record was generated, when an attestation was filed, when a body was sent or commissioned. The triple asserts a fact about the past that does not change once written. Examples: prov:generatedAtTime, gc:claimDate, gc:commitmentDeclaredAt, gc:wasSentFrom, gc:attestationContentHash.