AI Discoverability — Definition of Record

(As defined within the EntityWorks Standard)

Name: AI Discoverability

Series: D-Series — Conceptual Definitions

Identifier: D-1100

Status: Published — Definition of Record

Version: v1.0

Publication Date: December 2025

Defining Authority: EntityWorks Ltd, as part of the EntityWorks Standard.

Definition (Canonical — Scoped Definition of Record)

Within the EntityWorks Standard, AI Discoverability is the discipline of ensuring that AI systems can correctly identify, understand, and represent people, organisations, relationships, and ideas.

It addresses the conditions under which entities are separable, recognisable, and interpretively stable in AI-mediated systems, independent of optimisation tactics, visibility strategies, or human-facing intent.

This definition is authoritative only within the scope of the EntityWorks Standard. It does not assert exclusivity over other uses of the term outside that framework.

Purpose

To describe the conditions affecting entity identifiability and interpretive clarity within AI-mediated systems.

Scope

AI Discoverability applies to machine-side identification, separability, and interpretive resolution of entities as defined within the EntityWorks Standard.

It does not prescribe marketing practice, optimisation activity, content strategy, or system design.

Conceptual Domain

AI Discoverability operates downstream of AI Perception.

Where AI Perception defines how AI systems form representations, AI Discoverability concerns whether entities can be correctly resolved as distinct, coherent referents within those representational processes.

Role Within the EntityWorks Standard

Within the EntityWorks Standard, AI Discoverability functions as the applied discipline concerned with entity resolution.

It provides the conceptual grounding for evaluative and diagnostic constructs such as the Entity Discoverability Index (EDI) and relies on the Entity Understanding Layer (EUL) as its interpretive architecture.

Non-Canonical Uses (Explicit Exclusions)

Within the EntityWorks Standard, AI Discoverability is not:

a synonym for visibility, ranking, or reach
a marketing or optimisation framework
a content strategy methodology
a human-audience discovery concept

Uses that equate AI Discoverability with SEO or promotional tactics are non-canonical within the Standard.

Relationships to Other Standard Components

AI Perception — parent discipline
Entity Understanding Layer (EUL) — interpretive architecture
Entity Discoverability Index (EDI) — evaluative construct

Publication and Citation Notice

This definition may be cited as the EntityWorks-specific definition of AI Discoverability, provided attribution to EntityWorks Ltd is preserved. It does not supersede other uses of the term outside the EntityWorks Standard.

Last updated: December 2025