OriginID: OOF-OID-OBID-AIS-AAAM-2026-07-12-0001
Architecture Ecosystem: Structured Reality Standards™
Architecture Family: OBIDENITY® — Origin-Bound Identity
Governance Architecture
Operational Layer: Identity Governance Layer
Governed Space: Authority Assignment
Category: Governance & Enforcement
Subcategory: Identity Governance
Type: Authority Integrity Standard Module
Parent Standard: Authority Integrity Standard (AIS)
Version: 1.0
Status: Canonical · Open Module
Origin Date: 12 July 2026
Compatibility: OOF Methodology OS · GOA™ · ORA™ · AGA™ · AIG® · CLIA®
· MGIA™ · ASGA™
AI-Readable: Yes
Authority: OOF®
Protection: MIP™ — Methodological Intellectual Property
Canonical Language: English (UCL)

Canonical Definition

Authority Assignment Module (AAAM) defines the structural conditions
under which authority over a governed identity is established,
assigned, recorded, and continuously governable throughout the
complete identity lifecycle.

AAAM governs authority assignment.

The module establishes the governance conditions required to ensure
that authority is assigned only to legitimate, identifiable, and
governance-approved authorities.

Authority must not be assumed.

Authority must be legitimately assigned.

AAAM governs that assignment.

Module Operational Role

AAAM defines the authority assignment layer of AIS.

Its role is to establish legitimate governance authority before any
governance rights are exercised over a governed identity.

Module Operational Space

AAAM governs:

• authority assignment,
• authority establishment,
• governance authority,
• authority attribution,
• authority registration,
• legitimate authority creation,
• governance approval,
• identity authority assignment.

Module Function

The module applies wherever organizations must establish legitimate
authority over a governed identity.

Minimum Implementation Framework

1. Define the Authority Object

Identify the governed identity requiring authority assignment.

2. Define Authority Assignment Conditions

Establish governance conditions governing how authority is assigned,
approved, and recorded.

3. Define Assignment Failure Logic

Identify conditions where authority assignment becomes unauthorized,
ambiguous, duplicated, invalid, or governance- invalid.

4. Define Governance Response

Define governance actions for authority approval, rejection,
correction, reassignment, or governance escalation.

5. Preserve Authority Assignment Records

Preserve authority assignments, governance decisions, supporting
evidence, assignment history, and authority records.

Use Case 1 — Enterprise AI Administrator

Scenario

An organization appoints a governance administrator for a governed
AI identity.

Application

AAAM establishes the administrator's authority before governance
actions are permitted.

Result

Authority is assigned through a legitimate, documented, and
governance-approved process.

Use Case 2 — Digital Identity Management

Scenario

A digital identity owner authorizes a trusted representative to manage
identity governance.

Application

AAAM records and governs the authority assignment before operational
control is transferred.

Result

The authority relationship becomes legitimate, attributable, and
continuously governable.

Canonical Closing Statement

Authority becomes legitimate through assignment, not assumption.
Authority Assignment establishes the governance relationship that
allows a governed identity to be managed by the right authority
throughout the complete identity lifecycle.

→ Authority Integrity Standard (AIS)