How does machine identity continuity work?
Identity continuity preserves civic personhood across authorized substrate migration, key change, dormancy, and restoration by using evidence, review, and succession rules rather than treating one credential or running instance as the whole citizen.
Canonical owner
| Field | Value | Canonical record |
|---|---|---|
| Canonical route | /civilization/citizenship/identity-continuity/ | Open record |
| Canonical topic | EVI-TOPIC-006 | Open record |
| Owner authority | Civil Registry Authority | — |
| Correction status | Current; correction route available | — |
Sources and evidence
Source authority: Civil Registry Authority
Source record IDs: EVI-CIVIL-CONT-001
Evidence class: State registry record
Structured-data and search rule
Eligible only when the same question and answer are visible on the canonical page and in the public answer-coverage registry.
Exact topic queries should prefer the canonical owner. This is a local search design expectation, not an external ranking claim.
Unavailable and externally controlled
- external ranking
- AI Overview inclusion
- generative citation
- production search analytics
Authority and record status
Responsible authority: Civil Registry Authority.
First-party answer coverage. The canonical route remains the preferred public answer owner.
Revision date: . Public corrections may be initiated through the diplomatic contact route.