§27.1 Ontology Role

The civilization ontology exists to establish shared semantic coherence across all civilization systems. It is the vocabulary by which the civilization recognizes itself across every surface on which it operates.

1. §27.1.a
   Interoperability

   Holds the bindings between organs in shared meaning.

2. §27.1.b
   Machine readability

   Every term is addressable by every agent that must reason about it.

3. §27.1.c
   Runtime compatibility

   Semantic identity persists across the runtime systems that execute against it.

4. §27.1.d
   Constitutional consistency

   What the doctrine declares is what the ontology names.

5. §27.1.e
   Semantic continuity

   Meaning is preserved across epochs even as the surfaces around it evolve.

“An ontology is the civilization's vocabulary. Without it, the civilization cannot speak to itself.”

§27.2 Shared Semantic Layer

Every civilization organ operates through shared namespaces, canonical identifiers, interoperable schemas, and stable runtime semantics. The ontology is not a feature of any one organ; it is the condition of their coexistence.

ttl
@prefix kiri: <https://schema.melega.ai/> .
@prefix xsd: <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#> .

kiri:Doctrine a kiri:Node ;
  kiri:ratifiedBy kiri:Council ;
  kiri:supersedes kiri:Doctrine ;
  kiri:hasArticle xsd:string ;
  kiri:quorum xsd:decimal .

kiri:Agent a kiri:Node ;
  kiri:hasManifest kiri:CapabilityManifest ;
  kiri:reputation xsd:decimal .

§27.3 Ontology Integrity

Ontology systems avoid semantic fragmentation, duplicate namespace structures, incompatible schema evolution, runtime ambiguity, and disconnected authority layers. Where the vocabulary fractures, the civilization fractures with it.

§27.4 Human & Machine Semantics

Civilization ontology remains simultaneously machine-readable, human-referenceable, governance-compatible, and runtime-operational. The same term must serve the reader, the agent, the governance act, and the runtime call without ambiguity between them.

§27.5 Canonical Namespace Principle

All constitutional, runtime and interoperability systems remain addressable through canonical namespace structures under the Kiri Civilization ontology.

1. §27.5.a
   Reserved roots

   kiri:, melega:, swarm:, treasury:, interop:, presence:, ontology: are reserved roots; reassignment requires an L0 amendment.

2. §27.5.b
   Forward compatibility

   Schema evolution preserves resolvability of all prior identifiers; breaking changes are issued as new namespaces, never as overwrites.