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Authority-Canonical Tier (AC)

The Authority-Canonical Tier (AC) identifies a claim's dependence on an authorized definition, adoption, or judgment. It records the source of that standing. The two marks separately track the claim's mapping accuracy.

What authority establishes

An authorized definition establishes how a term is used in the framework. For example, Reconciliation names the Force emergent from Apology and Gratitude. That conceptual commitment can be represented faithfully or misrepresented by a later summary. A source correction repairs fidelity; it need not be described as rejecting the framework.

The distinction canonical ≠ necessary separates authorized use from a claim that no alternative is possible. Authority can settle a naming or adoption question. It cannot, by adoption alone, establish a count's exhaustiveness, an inference's validity, or a controller's observed performance.

How AC claims are examined

Identify the authority, the actual statement, and its scope. Check whether the attributed source supports the formulation and whether a later clarification supersedes it. A reader can challenge an attribution, interpretation, application, or the authority's standing. Evidence bearing on a claim's accuracy remains relevant even when its definition is canonical.

The Canon page distinguishes the author's intended meaning from its derivative representations. A benchmark or rubric can document adopted usage; it does not obtain superior authority merely because another page calls it controlling.

Different aspects of one subject

The named directional operators have an established role in the framework, while a claim that their inventory exhausts every possible operator requires a completeness argument. Likewise, the binding model has a defined relation between direction and regulated discrepancy; a particular implementation must still realize that relation.

AC does not mean unreliable or unimportant. Authorized definitions enable coherent communication, reconstruction, and further work. Their clarity and effectiveness can be strong while their source and scope remain explicit.

Formal status

E: Derived, Exposition of the AC tier. A: distinguishes authorized standing from validity, completeness, and mapping accuracy. Provenance: the framework's authority-canonical distinction, read with the author's corrections to its representations.

See also

Canon · Contestability Gradient · Carving Tier · Frame-Internal Tier · Two-Mark System · Alethic Axis