This architecture is described at a high level only. It intentionally avoids operational details.
Conceptual layers
- Ontology : Terms, entities, and meaning boundaries.
- Interpretive : Rules that frame interpretation and reduce ambiguity.
- Constraintive : Hard constraints (scope, safety, legality, provenance).
- Authority : Who can assert, certify, or publish canonical truth for a domain. Within this layer, External Authority Control (EAC) governs which external authorities may canonically constrain interpretation in open-world reconstruction. Cross-site authority allocation is governed by the upstream governance root.
Core roles
- Publisher (publishes doctrine)
- Operator (executes audits and governance under mandate)
- Verifier (checks conformance claims)
Adjacent regime: executable authority
Authority Governance (Layer 3) is not the next layer of open-web interpretive governance. It is the adjacent regime that becomes relevant when interpretive outputs become action-bearing inputs.
EAC constrains interpretation. Q-Layer constrains response legitimacy. Layer 3 constrains executable authority.
See Authority Governance (Layer 3) and notes.