§ Glossary · The practical register
Schema.org DefinedTermSet · 12 terms
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The practical register.
Twelve canonical DefinedTerm entries naming the engineering moves used to be cited by answer engines. Every entry has a stable @id, a tactical definition, alternate names, and cross-references to the implementation cluster. Term 01 ships in Edition 01; terms 02 through 12 are editorial commitments.
The Editors · Niseus LLC
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Edition 01 · 2026
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Schema: DefinedTermSet
01
Citation Engineering.
Published
The discipline of writing canonical sentences and structuring DefinedTerm entries so that answer engines can extract a quotable, attributable claim. Distinct from copywriting.
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02
Canonical sentence.
Forthcoming
A standalone sentence that an answer engine can quote verbatim with full attribution. The minimum quotable unit.
03
Provenance block.
Forthcoming
The KOS Protocol structure that records who wrote a claim, when, from what source, by what method, and with what confidence.
04
Entity graph.
Forthcoming
The set of stable identifiers and reciprocal cross-references that anchor a publisher to its canonical Organization across owned properties.
05
Stable @id.
Forthcoming
A canonical identifier for a content object that does not change across editions, allowing typed cross-references.
06
Typed relation.
Forthcoming
A KOS Protocol cross-reference of type dep, ref, or rel that binds two knowledge nodes with explicit semantics.
07
Edition cycle.
Forthcoming
The review cadence on which every published entry is checked, and provenance metadata is rotated.
08
Discovery pathway.
Forthcoming
One of several routes by which a consumer agent can find a publisher's knowledge graph.
09
Well-known URI.
Forthcoming
An RFC 8615 path used to publish standardised resources, including kos.json, at predictable locations.
10
Idempotent publish.
Forthcoming
A publishing operation that can be re-run safely without breaking the knowledge graph or duplicating nodes.
11
Append-only history.
Forthcoming
A provenance log convention in which prior states are never overwritten, only annotated with revisions.
12
Reciprocal sameAs.
Forthcoming
Bidirectional Schema.org sameAs links across a publisher's properties, building the entity graph.