Discovery Layer
The mechanisms by which AI systems locate, evaluate, compare, and select entities. Includes AI-mediated discovery, discovery friction, intent resolution, and selection readiness.
Primitives (7)
AI-Mediated Discovery
The process by which AI systems locate, evaluate, compare, and select entities through reasoning rather than human-mediated search or ranking. Also referred to as AI-Mediated Demand.
Discovery Friction
The effort required for AI systems to locate, parse, reconcile, infer, and validate information before including entities in consideration sets.
Intent Resolution
The process by which AI systems interpret user requirements, extract selection criteria, and formulate search strategies for discovery.
Selection Readiness
The degree to which an entity has the attributes, trust signals, and representation completeness required for AI-mediated selection and recommendation.
Qualified Demand Capture (QD)
The amount or share of economically relevant demand captured as qualified enquiries, bookings, matches, or transactions.
Invisible Consideration Set
An AI-constructed set of candidate assets that is not directly observable through conventional traffic, click, or website analytics.
Pre-Click Exclusion
Exclusion of an asset before any observable human exposure, visit, click, enquiry, or booking event occurs.
Other Layers
Representation Layer
11 primitives
Agent-Readiness Layer
9 primitives
Global Market Layer
4 primitives
Governance Layer
9 primitives
Market Power Layer
6 primitives
Property Record Layer
14 primitives
Trade Infrastructure Layer
5 primitives
Measurement Layer
9 primitives
Economics Layer
8 primitives
Action Layer
1 primitives
Interoperability Layer
2 primitives
Zero-Click and Computational Transmission Primitives
49 primitives