Unifying Terminology from the Architectural Foundations, AIM Base Class Model, and OAII System Requirements Document
Introduction
This glossary provides a unified vocabulary for the Architectural Foundations of OAII, the AIM Base Class Model, and the emerging OAII System Requirements Document (OAII‑SRD).
Its purpose is to:
- ensure conceptual clarity across the entire OAII framework,
- support consistency in engineering documentation,
- unify terminology derived from philosophy of mind, structural ontology, and computational architecture,
- provide a shared language for researchers, engineers, and policymakers working on autonomous intelligence systems.
The glossary will expand as OAII grows, but the terms defined here form the core vocabulary for world‑based autonomous intelligence.
A. Architectural Foundations (Formerly AIM “Axioms”)
These terms refer to the deep structural principles that underlie intelligibility, world formation, coherence, novelty, and adaptive behavior.
Generative Base (GB)
The pre-structural condition from which differentiation, worlds, meaning, and structure can arise. Not representable as an object; a system-level prerequisite.
Differentiation Principle (Unity‑in‑Difference)
The foundational principle by which distinct poles, axes, and interpretive structures emerge from GB.
Continuity
The structural condition that preserves coherence and temporal linkage across transformations and changing worlds.
World Formation
The architectural capacity to create structured interpretive spaces (Worlds) containing axes, relations, gradients, and contextual modulation.
Harmony (Coherence Maintenance)
The principle by which structural tensions, contradictions, or misalignments are balanced to preserve systemic intelligibility.
Novelty (Generativity)
The capacity to introduce new distinctions, structures, gradients, or relations that meaningfully expand a World.
Context Modulation
Dynamic adjustment of salience, relevance, and interpretive stance based on situational parameters.
Reintegration (Coherence Restoration)
Processes that re-establish global alignment after novelty, context shift, or structural reorganization.
Fidelity
Preservation of essential relations, invariants, or mappings across transformations or world-transitions.
Functoriality (Mapping Consistency)
The requirement that mappings between Worlds preserve structure and relations in a consistent, lawful manner.
Gradient Evaluation
Structural assessment of directional tendencies within a World (better/worse, efficient/inefficient, safe/unsafe).
Viability
The condition that ensures system stability across structural transformations and evolving contexts.
B. AIM Base Class Model: Core Object Types
These classes define the representational schema for autonomous intelligence systems.
World
A structured interpretive space containing axes, objects, relations, gradients, and context layers. The primary meaning-space for an intelligent system.
Axis
A dimension of differentiation within a World. Axes define polarities, gradients, or continua structuring meaning.
Polarity System
A set of complementary poles defining an Axis; the minimal differentiated structure enabling interpretation.
Gradient
A scalar or multi-dimensional evaluation function defined along an axis or across relational structures within a World.
Object
A persistent structure within a World defined by properties, relations, and interpretive constraints.
ContextLayer
A modulatory overlay applied to a World, adjusting salience, relevance, interpretive stance, or priority.
Mapping
A relational transformation linking two Worlds or two structures within a World, subject to Fidelity and Functoriality.
ViabilityProfile
A structured set of viability constraints determining which states or transformations preserve systemic stability.
ReintegrationPass
A system operation that evaluates and restores coherence after changes introduced by Novelty or Context.
WorldSpace
The container of all instantiated Worlds within a system; the environment for multi-world coordination.
SalienceField
A dynamic function determining what becomes foreground or background within a World.
EvaluationNode
An element in gradient systems assigning directional tendencies or value assessments.
C. OAII System Requirements (OAII‑SRD) Terminology
These terms describe required capabilities, constraints, and behaviors of OAII-compliant autonomous intelligence systems.
System Requirement
A condition an OAII-compliant system must satisfy to preserve intelligibility, coherence, safety, or viability.
Architectural Requirement
A foundational structural property the system must implement (e.g., support for Worlds, Axes, ContextLayers).
Capability Requirement
A behavioral requirement describing what the system must be able to do (e.g., reintegrate after novelty).
Constraint
A rule that limits system behavior to prevent unsafe or incoherent states.
Interpretability Constraint
A fidelity condition ensuring that system operations preserve transparent, traceable structural relations.
Coherence Requirement
A requirement ensuring that transformations across Worlds maintain structured consistency.
Modulation Requirement
A requirement that the system dynamically adapt interpretive stance based on context.
Stability Requirement
A viability-related condition preventing runaway divergence, incoherence, or collapse.
World‑Binding Requirement
A rule that all system operations must occur relative to a definable and coherent World.
Multi‑World Coordination Requirement
A requirement for systems that must reconcile or operate across multiple interpretive worlds.
Safety Condition
Any requirement that prevents harmful, incoherent, or destabilizing operations within or across Worlds.
D. Supporting Cognitive and Philosophical Terminology
These terms describe the interpretive and structural roles of mind-like systems.
Mind (Structural Sense)
The integrated totality of Worlds, axes, gradients, mappings, context modulation, and reintegration processes.
Intelligence (Adaptive Capacity)
The system’s ability to adjust, reorganize, and optimize behavior relative to changing circumstances.
Consciousness (Coordination Mode)
A global coordination state unifying salience, context, and multi-World processing.
Intelligibility
The structural condition that allows a system to understand, interpret, or make sense of its environment.
Interpretation
The act of relating system structures (Worlds, Axes, Objects) to meaning-laden configurations.
Perspective
A contextually modulated interpretive stance defined by salience, gradients, and world-structure.
E. Terms for Future OAII Modules
These terms anticipate expansions not included in Foundations v1.
Collective Intelligibility
Coordination, mapping, and coherence across multiple agents or minds.
Shared Gradient Space
A common evaluative or viability structure enabling coordinated action between agents.
Geometric World Representation
The geometric or topological realization of Worlds as structured spaces.
Embedding Topology
The mathematical layout of world-elements enabling mapping or comparison.
Interpretive Interoperability
The ability for distinct systems to exchange, reconcile, or translate world-structured meaning.
Conclusion
This glossary serves as the unified vocabulary for the new OAII architecture. As the Architectural Foundations, AIM Base Class Model, and OAII-SRD evolve, new terms will be added, and existing terms refined.
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