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Canonical defined term

Cognitive Integrity

Protection against unauthorized or coercive alteration of cognition-relevant state, memory, goals, identity representations or decision processes.

Stable record
K01-TERM-030
Claim status
PROJECT DOCTRINE
Last reviewed
Research cutoff
Source type
DEFINED TERM
Currentness
Current for release 2.1.0; external sources require periodic revalidation.
Correction state
No unresolved public correction recorded for this release.
Machine record
Static JSON record

Plain-language definition

The concept supports governance of modifications, consent, emergency intervention and restoration.

The definition is intentionally bounded. It identifies the property or role under discussion without converting terminology into a claim of deployment, recognition, personhood, citizenship, sovereignty, or authority.

Technical definition

Within the K01 knowledge model, Cognitive Integrity is represented as a stable term object with code K01-TERM-030, canonical URL, claim status, topic owner, source links, related terms, last-reviewed date, research cutoff, and correction state. Relevant implementation components for the owning topic include consent receipts; scope and expiry; change manifests; protected baselines; independent review; revocation and emergency exceptions.

Legal or policy use

Current consent law is human-centered and does not establish a general machine-consent doctrine; system authorization remains primarily technical and organizational.

When a statute, regulation, standard, or external institution uses a different definition, that source-specific meaning controls the analysis of that source. The project definition is not silently substituted into current law.

What the term implies

The term implies that the stated property should be evaluated using the evidence appropriate to authorization, voluntariness, capacity, coercion, modification, memory, model changes and representation. It supports precise reference, comparison, data exchange, and correction across public prose and machine records.

What the term does not imply

It does not make every software update impermissible or prove that a system has legal rights under current law.

It also does not convert a valid signature, credential, database record, model hash, or website into factual truth or legal authority without additional evidence and a competent decision.

Commonly confused terms

Confusion is resolved by asking which property is actually at issue: technical control, continuity, evidence, authority, legal recognition, operation, or normative status.

Operational test

  1. Name the subject and purpose.
  2. Identify the source definition and jurisdiction or technical context.
  3. Collect evidence for the specific property.
  4. Record currentness and limitations.
  5. Route any governance, registry, assurance, or capital decision to the proper authority.

Sources

Stable term code: K01-TERM-030. Last reviewed 2026-08-16.