Migration Guide: MIN v1.0.x to v1.1.0

Backward compatibility

MIN v1.1.0 is a monotone extension of v1.0.1. All v1.0.x instance graphs remain valid. No existing classes, properties, or individuals were removed or renamed.

Breaking change: Forma partition extended

The closed Forma partition was extended from 5 to 6 subclasses:

v1.0.1: Forma = Lex | Structura | Possibile | Norma | Institutio
v1.1.0: Forma = Lex | Structura | Possibile | Norma | Institutio | Epistemicum

Impact: Any reasoner or query that relied on the closed 5-class partition to infer that something is not one of the known Forma types may need updating. The extension is monotone (existing Forma instances keep their classification), but the equivalence axiom changed.

Action required: Update downstream imports from min-v1.0.1.ttl to min-v1.1.0.ttl.

New terms

Classes (3)

  • min:Epistemicum — 6th Forma subclass
  • min:EpistemicStatus — enum (5 individuals: ES_Hypothetical, ES_Confirmed, ES_Refuted, ES_Contested, ES_Axiomatic)
  • min:ConfidenceType — enum (4 individuals: CT_Subjective, CT_Statistical, CT_Bayesian, CT_Heuristic)

Object Properties (9)

  • min:holds, min:heldBy (Agent ↔ Epistemicum)
  • min:about (Epistemicum → Entity)
  • min:supportedBy, min:supports (Epistemicum ↔ Nexus)
  • min:underminedBy, min:undermines (Epistemicum ↔ Nexus)
  • min:hasEpistemicStatus (functional, Epistemicum → EpistemicStatus)
  • min:hasConfidenceType (functional, Epistemicum → ConfidenceType)

Datatype Properties (2)

  • min:hasConfidence (Epistemicum → xsd:double, functional)
  • min:isQuantifiable (Possibile → xsd:boolean)

Unchanged

  • min:confirms and min:refutes remain unchanged (Process → Forma/Possibile).
  • min:supersedes remains non-transitive.
  • min:EfficacyMode retains exactly 10 individuals (no EM_Epistemic).
  • All alignment modules remain compatible.

SHACL

Instance shapes were extended with EpistemicumInstanceShape and a SPARQL-based consistency rule (hasConfidence requires hasConfidenceType). Existing shapes are unchanged.

For sdata-ontology users

Update the vendored MIN snapshot in sdata-core from min-v1.0.1.ttl to min-v1.1.0.ttl. Epistemicum facades will be provided in sdata v0.3.0.