Terms & Glossary
A plain-language reference for the words we use. Browse the alphabetical list below, or click any term to open its own page — handy for sharing a single definition.
| Term | Summary |
|---|---|
| Accountability gap | What standalone AI does not provide: no sources cited, no contributors identified, no verification chain, no audit trail. Why "the AI told me" is not a compliance defense. |
| AI disclaimer | The standard "this may contain errors" notice that accompanies every AI response. The disclaimer is the gap between AI and action. |
| Association (Governing Body) | The trusted Layer 2 certifier across all members' supply chains. The independent Governing Body — member-led, not vendor-controlled — that no AI vendor can displace. |
| Bilateral agreement | A confidential, peer-to-peer content + verification agreement between two organizations. Members do not share content directly — every connection is bilateral, and competitors' agreements are invisible. |
| Customer (downstream) | A governed self-service user on a member's platform. Distributes RoC: every query cites member content, generating value for the contributors whose knowledge informed the answer. |
| Executable governance | Governance that occurs as a natural consequence of one click — not a separate after-the-fact activity. The verification chain (who asked, what was cited, who verified, who certified) is itself the governance record. |
| Get Verified | The one-click action that routes an AI response to the experts whose content was cited — for verification, then to the Association for certification. The superstar's only job is clicking the button. |
| Governed answer | What this platform produces: multiple sources cited, every contributor identified, verifiable, auditable. The decision trail shows exactly what was relied upon, by whom, and when. |
| Governing authority | The legitimate institutional right to set rules, certify decisions, and represent an ecosystem — exercised by a Governing Body, recognized through governance rather than market position. |
| Governing Body | The decision-making body of an ecosystem — member-led, not vendor-controlled — that sets governance policies, defines contribution standards, approves cross-organization agreements, and stewards fair value distribution. |
| Layer 1 — Contributor verification | Each cited contributor confirms that their portion of the synthesis faithfully represents their content. Faster than creating an original response — review and confirm rather than research from scratch. |
| Layer 2 — Association certification | The Association certifies that the verification process was complete, the verifications are consistent with each other, and the synthesis accurately reflects the verified sources. |
| Member (industry leader) | The hub of their own governed supply chain — Classification, Tariffs, and Origin upstream, customers downstream, Association as certifier. Each member's supply chain is private. |
| Recognition of Contribution (RoC) | The unit that measures cross-boundary governed decisions. Each 1.0 RoC represents one decision where governed knowledge replaced unverified advice. |
| Retroactive Reward | When RoC > 0 is achieved at any point during the pilot, the Reward price applies retroactively to all committed pilot queries — not just queries afterwards. Pilot-only rule. |
| Reward price | The 50% of monthly pilot commitment owed when governed value flows across your supply chain (RoC > 0). A pilot-only mechanism — post-pilot pricing transitions to vertical reference rates. |
| Risk price | The 50% of monthly pilot commitment paid in advance — the participant's stake that governed knowledge will deliver value. |
| RoC distributedrisk elimination (consumer) | A governed, sourced answer instead of an unaccountable phone call. Every RoC distributed is a decision you can defend, with attribution and an audit trail. |
| RoC earnedvalue extraction (contributor) | Your expertise was relied upon for a governed decision — attributed, sourced, and recorded. Every RoC earned is proof your knowledge is worth more inside the network than on a phone call. |
| Single-tenant AI | AI that only sees one organization's documents. Faster to deploy, but every cross-org connection that makes answers verifiable, sourced, and trustworthy is severed. |
| Superstar | A nominated power user — typically 5–8 per ecosystem participant — who is the human accountable for the one click that turns an AI response into an executable governance record. |
| Supplier (upstream peer) | A content provider in members' governed supply chains, with confidential bilateral agreements per member. Publish governed content once, earn licensing revenue across all clients. |
| The gap | The space between AI output and human action that today's AI disclaimer forces the reader to cross alone. Two existing options: accept the risk, or accept the delay. This platform closes it with one click. |
| The three-legged stool | Classification, Tariffs, and Origin — the three upstream peer roles that fan out to every member's supply chain through separate bilateral agreements. Publish once, earn across the network. |
| Trust authority | The institutional position a Governing Body holds — recognized as legitimate, neutral, and accountable through governance rather than market. What makes a Governing Body infrastructure rather than service. |
| Unaccountable advice | What the "free" phone call produces. One person's opinion. No second source. No audit trail. "My guy said it was fine" is not a compliance defense. |
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