Confidence

Assurance since 1.0 aow:Confidence

A model-, rule-, or human-derived measure of certainty about an Observation, a Result, or an Action.

Allows autonomy to depend on certainty. An Agent acts without approval only when its Confidence meets the threshold for its Assurance Level.

Attributes

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`value`	number (0–1)	yes	Certainty between 0 and 1.
`source`	one of `model`, `heuristic`, `rule`, `ensemble`, `human`		What produced the measure.
`calibrated`	boolean		Whether the value has been calibrated against observed accuracy.
`volatility`	one of `low`, `medium`, `high`		How much the value is expected to move as evidence arrives.

Every entity also has an id and a type, and may carry label, description, and the provenance facet: version, created_at, created_by, revision_of.

Relationships

Relationship	Points to	How many	Required	Meaning
`compared_against`	Assurance Level	one		The Assurance Level whose confidence threshold the Confidence was checked against.

Pointed to by

From	Relationship	Read backward as
Result, Observation, Action, Plan	`has_confidence`	confidence of

Example

Source: examples/claims-processing.jsonld. The example passes all validation checks.

{
  "id": "conf-obs-84933",
  "type": "Confidence",
  "value": 0.97,
  "source": "model",
  "calibrated": true
}

Term reference · JSON Schema · SHACL shape aowsh:ConfidenceShape