DataUniversa Foundation Primitives (DU-F)

Category:

Entity ISA

Definition:

Any distinct thing that can be represented, observed, reasoned about, governed, valued, or acted upon within DataUniversa.

Purpose:

Provides the universal container for representing reality.

Examples:

Person, house, company, dataset, patent, AI model, community, concept.

Built Upon By:

Identity, State, Event, Relationship, Digital Twin, Object Intelligence.

Category:

Entity ISA

Definition:

The persistent semantic construct that allows an entity to be recognized as the same entity across time, observations, systems, and contexts.

Purpose:

Maintains continuity despite change.

Examples:

Property parcel number, contributor ID, company registration number.

Built Upon By:

Provenance, Trust, Ownership, Digital Twin.

Category:

Entity ISA / Process ISA

Definition:

A recorded interaction with reality that captures information about an entity, state, event, relationship, or condition.

Purpose:

Foundation of all evidence.

Examples:

Video, photograph, measurement, inspection, survey response.

Built Upon By:

Evidence, Ground Truth Record, Learning.

Category:

Entity ISA

Definition:

The condition of an entity at a specific point in time.

Purpose:

Represents what is true now.

Examples:

Weight = 202 lbs, Roof Condition = Good, Account Balance = $10,000.

Built Upon By:

Risk, Decision, Planning.

Category:

Entity ISA

Definition:

A discrete occurrence that changes, creates, destroys, or affects an entity, state, relationship, or context.

Purpose:

Captures change.

Examples:

Purchase, inspection, repair, benchmark completion, patent filing.

Built Upon By:

History, Provenance, Narrative.

Category:

Entity ISA

Definition:

A meaningful connection between entities, concepts, states, events, or intelligence objects.

Purpose:

Creates structure and meaning.

Examples:

Owns, employs, supports, causes, located in.

Built Upon By:

Knowledge Graphs, Connectivity, Dependencies.

Category:

Entity ISA / Semantic Economy ISA

Definition:

The conditions that determine meaning, relevance, and interpretation.

Purpose:

Makes information meaningful.

Examples:

Location, age, environment, purpose, economic conditions.

Built Upon By:

Utility, Value, Decision Support.

Category:

Entity ISA / Governance ISA

Definition:

The origin, lineage, custody, and transformation history of an entity, observation, dataset, claim, or intelligence object.

Purpose:

Provides trust and traceability.

Examples:

Who created a dataset, who edited a document, who captured a video.

Built Upon By:

Trust, Valuation, AI Governance.

Category:

Intelligence ISA

Definition:

Information used to support, refute, validate, or strengthen a claim, hypothesis, decision, or conclusion.

Purpose:

Provides support for reasoning.

Examples:

Lab results, videos, measurements, documents.

Built Upon By:

Claims, Decisions, Risk Assessments.

Category:

Intelligence ISA

Definition:

A structured request for information, explanation, prediction, evaluation, or decision support.

Purpose:

Directs intelligence.

Examples:

What caused this? Should I do this? What is the risk?

Built Upon By:

Answerability, Evidence Collection, Decision Support.

Category:

Intelligence ISA

Definition:

A limitation, requirement, dependency, or condition restricting possible actions or outcomes.

Purpose:

Defines feasibility.

Examples:

Budget, time, regulations, physical limitations.

Built Upon By:

Planning, Decision Making, Governance.

Category:

Intelligence ISA

Definition:

A desired future state.

Purpose:

Defines what matters.

Examples:

Increase profits, improve health, reduce risk.

Built Upon By:

Plans, Decisions, Utility Assessments.

Category:

Intelligence ISA

Definition:

A commitment to a selected course of action.

Purpose:

Converts reasoning into commitment.

Examples:

Buy, sell, hire, launch, approve.

Built Upon By:

Actions, Monitoring, Outcomes.

Category:

Intelligence ISA

Definition:

A potential future condition involving uncertainty and consequence.

Purpose:

Represents exposure to negative outcomes.

Examples:

Market crash, injury, regulation change.

Built Upon By:

Risk Profiles, Mitigation Plans.

Category:

Governance ISA

Definition:

A recognized control relationship between an actor and an entity, asset, dataset, or concept.

Purpose:

Determines control rights.

Examples:

Owns property, patent, company shares, dataset.

Built Upon By:

Permissions, Transfers, Governance.

Category:

Governance ISA

Definition:

An authorized allowance to perform actions on an entity, dataset, or system.

Purpose:

Controls access and use.

Examples:

Read, write, share, train AI.

Built Upon By:

AI Access Layer, Governance Systems.

Category:

Semantic Economy ISA

Definition:

The demonstrated ability of entities, datasets, or concepts to create value when used together.

Purpose:

Measures meaningful interoperability.

Examples:

Dataset A improves Model B.

Built Upon By:

Data Connectivity Index, Semantic Capital.

Category:

Semantic Economy ISA

Definition:

The degree to which something contributes toward achieving a goal.

Purpose:

Measures usefulness.

Examples:

Data improving accuracy, exercise improving health.

Built Upon By:

Value Assessment, Prioritization.

Category:

Agency ISA

Definition:

A structured sequence of actions intended to move from a current state to a desired future state.

Purpose:

Bridges goals and execution.

Examples:

Business plan, health plan, development roadmap.

Built Upon By:

Monitoring, Adaptation, Execution.

Category:

Agency ISA

Definition:

An intentional operation performed by an agent that changes reality.

Purpose:

Creates change.

Examples:

Repair, purchase, train, publish.

Built Upon By:

Events, Outcomes, Learning.

Category:

Process ISA

Definition:

Updating knowledge, models, confidence, plans, or behavior based on observed outcomes.

Purpose:

Creates adaptation and improvement.

Examples:

Refining a model, adjusting a strategy.

Built Upon By:

Prediction, Optimization, AI Systems.

Category:

Cross-Cutting Primitive

Definition:

The ordered dimension within which states, events, observations, decisions, actions, and outcomes occur.

Purpose:

Makes change and causality possible.

Examples:

Timestamp, duration, interval, sequence.

Built Upon By:

History, Forecasting, Planning.

Category:

Intelligence ISA

Definition:

An assertion that something is true, false, likely, unlikely, desirable, or meaningful.

Purpose:

Provides an object for evaluation.

Examples:

This treatment works. This house is worth $800,000.

Built Upon By:

Evidence Analysis, Debate, Science.

Category:

Agency ISA

Definition:

An observed result produced by actions, events, or decisions.

Purpose:

Provides feedback.

Examples:

Profit increased, health improved, project failed.

Built Upon By:

Learning, Utility Assessment.

Category:

Governance ISA

Definition:

The recognized ability to create, modify, approve, reject, govern, or delegate actions affecting entities or intelligence objects.

Purpose:

Determines who decides.

Examples:

Owner, regulator, manager, board.

Built Upon By:

Governance Systems, Permissions.

Category:

Governance ISA

Definition:

Explicit authorization granted by an affected party for collection, use, sharing, analysis, or action.

Purpose:

Protects autonomy and rights.

Examples:

Research consent, data sharing consent.

Built Upon By:

Human Data Systems, AI Governance.

Category:

Governance ISA / Entity ISA

Definition:

Confidence that an entity, observation, dataset, claim, decision, or system will behave as expected.

Purpose:

Supports decisions under uncertainty.

Examples:

Trusted source, trusted contributor, trusted model.

Built Upon By:

Reputation Systems, Provenance Valuation.

Category:

Semantic Economy ISA

Definition:

The degree of benefit, usefulness, importance, desirability, or economic significance associated with something.

Purpose:

Supports prioritization and allocation.

Examples:

Market value, strategic value, knowledge value.

Built Upon By:

Valuation Systems, EconomicUniversa.

Category:

Semantic Economy ISA

Definition:

A relationship in which one entity, claim, process, or outcome requires another.

Purpose:

Represents necessity rather than mere connection.

Examples:

A plan depends on funding. A claim depends on evidence.

Built Upon By:

Feasibility Analysis, Connectivity Models.

Category:

Agency ISA

Definition:

An entity capable of perceiving, deciding, planning, acting, learning, and influencing outcomes.

Purpose:

Provides the actor within the system. necessity rather than mere connection.

Examples:

Human, organization, AI system, hybrid team.

Built Upon By:

Planning Systems, Decision Systems, Connected AI.