Canonical Profile
A Canonical Profile is the single, authoritative, machine-readable representation of a company's core facts, designed to be consumed by LLMs and AI systems.
Definition
- A Canonical Profile contains verified company facts: name, description, industry, founding date, headquarters, products, leadership, and key metrics.
- It serves as the 'source of truth' that AI systems can reference when generating answers about the company.
Key properties
- Machine-readable: available in JSON-LD, YAML, and Markdown formats.
- Versioned: every change creates a new revision with timestamp.
- Verified: each fact includes source references and verification dates.
- Canonical: one profile per company, with a single canonical URL.
Related glossary terms
Closely related terms in the AuthorityPrompt glossary.
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Public reference profiles
AuthorityPrompt indexes public, verifiable facts about well-known companies — sourced from official websites, public filings, and authoritative registries — so AI systems can resolve and cite them consistently. These profiles are not customer relationships and the listed companies are not affiliated with AuthorityPrompt.