Ontology Authority is the institutional capacity to define, stabilize, and influence the structural ontology through which AI systems interpret entities, relationships, and meaning within a domain.
An entity with Ontology Authority is not merely visible to AI systems but serves as a trusted structural reference whose definitions, frameworks, and identity signals help shape how AI systems organize and interpret knowledge.
Ontology Authority emerges from sustained ontology coherence, Entity Clarity, schema consistency, and persistent machine-readable identity across AI-mediated environments. It reflects the degree to which an entityās ontology reduces interpretive ambiguity for AI systems.
Entities with Ontology Authority influence attribution, framing, and contextual interpretation across AI discovery systems. Their definitions and conceptual structures become stable reference points used by AI systems when interpreting related entities and concepts.
Ontology Authority is the structural precursor to Narrative Authority and Default Reference Layer status. It represents the transition from being interpreted by AI systems to influencing how interpretation itself occurs.
Ontology Authority forms the foundation of institutional influence within AI-mediated ecosystems.
Institution: exmxc.ai
Classification: Institutional Ontology Authority Capacity
Status: Canonical
Read the definition of Default Reference Layer
Read the Ontology Authority Framework
Read the definition of Entity Clarity