Software

∈ Principle

Hernán Alfredo Capucci (ORCID)

Software · 2026-03-11 · English · Agent Manifest Academic Surface

Type: Software
Version: v1 · 2026-03-11
Language: English
License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
Cite as (version DOI): https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18965669 — preferred, immutable
Concept DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18965668 — all versions

Abstract

The ∈ Principle introduces a philosophical and institutional proposal for public authorship in the age of artificial intelligence. The symbol ∈ marks the moment when a work enters the public sphere with an explicitly assumed author behind it. The principle extends from historical acts of authorship to the emerging challenge of autonomous AI agents.

Role in the ecosystem

∈ Principle states a foundational idea: a public work exists when someone assumes responsibility for it. It is a philosophical and institutional proposal for public authorship in the age of artificial intelligence — not a copyright, not a signature, and not a quality seal.

Several independent initiatives in the Agent Manifest ecosystem, including the Agent Manifest specification, are conceptually related to this principle and operationalize the same idea for autonomous systems. Each work stands on its own; none is a layer or component of another.

Keywords

authorship
public responsibility
AI governance
AI accountability
autonomous agents
Agent Manifest
digital institutions

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How to cite

Cite the immutable version DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18965669. Use the concept DOI to reference all versions.

APA

Capucci, H. A. (2026). ∈ Principle. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18965669

BibTeX

@misc{amw-005,
  title = {∈ Principle},
  author = {Capucci, Hernán Alfredo},
  year = {2026},
  month = {3},
  doi = {10.5281/zenodo.18965669},
  url = {https://agent-manifest-spec.org/works/e-principle/},
  language = {en},
  keywords = {authorship, public responsibility, AI governance, AI accountability, autonomous agents, Agent Manifest, digital institutions},
  note = {Software. Concept DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.18965668. Version: v1}
}

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RIS

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AU  - Capucci, Hernán Alfredo
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DO  - 10.5281/zenodo.18965669
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KW  - AI accountability
KW  - autonomous agents
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KW  - digital institutions
N1  - Software. Concept DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.18965668. Version: v1
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Revision history

2026-03-11 — v1 — Initial published version (Zenodo concept 18965668, version 18965669; v1.0, 2026-03-11).

Related work

This software is based on https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18945860.

This software is based on https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18945953.

About this record

Author: Hernán Alfredo Capucci (ORCID 0009-0008-7216-3032).

Source repository: https://github.com/agent-manifest/e-principle.

Preserved on Zenodo: https://zenodo.org/records/18965669. This page is the author’s canonical Academic Surface record; the DOI above is the citable identifier.