Ontology
LLMO is not page-centric. It is entity-claim-source centric. The following objects form the ontological foundation of the system.Entity
A company, person, product, service, institution, domain, or concept that must be represented accurately across machine systems. An entity is the primary subject of optimization, operations, and orchestration. Every claim, source, and representation in the system is anchored to one or more entities.Claim
A specific assertion about an entity. Examples:- “Company X is SOC 2 compliant.”
- “Product Y integrates with Salesforce.”
- “This API supports structured outputs.”
- “Jane Smith is the CTO of Acme Corp.”
| State | Description |
|---|---|
| True | The claim is currently accurate and verifiable |
| False | The claim is factually incorrect |
| Outdated | The claim was true at a prior point but is no longer current |
| Ambiguous | The claim is subject to interpretation or incomplete context |
| Superseded | A newer authoritative claim has replaced this one |
| Unverifiable | The claim cannot be confirmed from available sources |
Source
Where a claim comes from. Sources have attributes:| Attribute | Description |
|---|---|
| Origin | The system, document, or person that produced the claim |
| Trust level | The assessed reliability of the origin |
| Timestamp | When the source produced or last confirmed the claim |
| Ownership | Who controls or is accountable for the source |
| Proximity to truth | How close the source is to the authoritative origin of the fact |
| Conflict likelihood | The probability that this source contradicts other sources |
| Retrievability | Whether the source can be accessed and verified by machines |
Provenance
The trace from source to claim to representation. Provenance answers: Where did this claim come from? Through what chain did it reach the model? Was anything lost, distorted, or compressed in transit? Provenance is essential for audit, trust, and debugging. Without it, a representation is an assertion without evidence.Freshness
Whether a claim is still current. Freshness is not binary. A claim may be:- Current and verified within a defined window
- Stale but likely still accurate
- Stale and likely outdated
- Explicitly expired or superseded