Canonical Ownership
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
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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