Objective

Cognition since 1.0 aow:Objective

A business-level goal expressed in strategic or operational terms.

Connects agentic activity to specific, measurable enterprise value.

Attributes

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`kpi_target`	string		The measurable target, for example "claims cycle time -20%".
`priority`	one of `low`, `medium`, `high`, `critical`		Relative business priority.
`time_horizon`	string		The period over which the Objective is pursued, for example "FY2027".
`description`	text	yes	Longer human-readable explanation.

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.

Pointed to by

From	Relationship	Read backward as
Intent	`serves_objective`	produces intent
Outcome	`evaluates`	evaluated by

Notes

Objective answers why. Intent answers what.

Alignments

Standard or protocol	Term	Correspondence
BDI agent model	`desire`	relatedMatch

Example

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

{
  "id": "obj-claims-cycle-time",
  "type": "Objective",
  "label": "Faster disability claims",
  "description": "Reduce disability claims cycle time by 20% without increasing claims leakage.",
  "kpi_target": "Median cycle time -20% against the FY2026 baseline; leakage no higher than baseline.",
  "priority": "high",
  "time_horizon": "FY2027"
}

Term reference · JSON Schema · SHACL shape aowsh:ObjectiveShape