System component

Semantic authority— Kanon

Applies named semantic and policy authority to a bounded result.

Status publication pending

Authority: semantic_authority

Kanon separates the authority to determine meaning from the mechanics that produced an answer.

Responsibility boundary

Owns—and explicitly does not own

Owns

  • Canonical facts, ontologies, and semantic plans
  • Policy judgment and cited authority
  • Human semantic gates and decision records

Does not own

  • External execution
  • Model-provider routing
  • Final promotion or legal determination

Contract surface

Receives and produces

Receives
  • Bounded model result and call record
  • Applicable facts, policy, and semantic context
Produces
  • Judgment with cited authority
  • Semantic decision record

Proof and maturity

What the public surface can support

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