Theoretical Contributions

Table 8 summarizes the contributions. The first contribution is a construct contribution: OKK names governed knowledge continuity under AI-native representational plurality. The second is a boundary contribution: the paper distinguishes knowledge, memory, state, projection, evidence, authority, and correspondence from adjacent technical and organizational constructs. The third is a mechanism contribution: the paper identifies identity anchoring, governed admission, provenance binding, authority qualification, projection grounding, correspondence checking, decision-execution linkage, evidence feedback, learning revision, contestation, and AI reliance calibration as mechanisms through which knowledge continuity is preserved.

Table 8. Theoretical Contributions