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YOUR ONTOLOGY RECORDS PERMISSION. IT DOES NOT RESOLVE AUTHORITY

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Enterprise agents can enforce permissions yet make bad decisions when formal records omit the people whose judgment shapes outcomes. The Authority Resolution Framework separates documented rights, system permissions, recorded approvals, informal influence, and an agent's mandate, then treats disagreement among them as a governance signal. Audit authority gaps before automation turns organizational blind spots into confident actions.