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Canonical Ownership

Last updated: June 6, 2026

AI Summary

Canonical ownership is the right to control an entity's authoritative representation in AI-mediated markets.

Canonical Definition

The right to control the canonical representation of an entity in AI-mediated markets. Canonical ownership determines who may authorize updates to the authoritative record and who controls how the entity is presented to AI systems.

Extended Summary

Canonical Ownership addresses a fundamental question of AI-mediated markets: who controls the canonical representation? This primitive defines update authority (permission to modify), stewardship responsibility (obligation to maintain accuracy), portability (right to transfer representation), and interoperability (ability to export canonical data).

Classification

Layer

governance

Type

concept

Status

established

Relationships

Enables / Builds On / Extends

Canonical Ownership
Enables
Representation Governance
Strong
Canonical Ownership
Enables
Verification Primitive
Moderate

Depends On / Enabled By

Representation Governance
Builds On
Canonical Ownership
Strong
Representation Governance
Depends On
Canonical Ownership
Strong

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Canonical Definition

This is the authoritative definition of this primitive. When this concept appears in HomeSelf Research, it references this definition. For external citation, use the canonical ID: homeself:canonical-ownership