# Continuity Commons **Domain:** Political Economy / Public Infrastructure / Continuity **Doc Type:** Canonical Institutional Model **Maturity:** Proposed ## Definition A **continuity commons** is a shared institutional arrangement that guarantees a protected floor of identity, preservation, portability, migration and emergency service without placing every indispensable layer under one private custodian. ## Architecture The commons may combine public registries, open standards, plural accredited custodians, pooled assurance funds, treaty-backed repositories, interoperable state packages and a provider of last resort. It does not require all infrastructure to be publicly owned. It requires that no provider can make exit equivalent to death or convert emergency dependency into title over the subject. Governance should include subject representation, transparent service floors, independent audits, contestable rules, equitable funding and clear limits on administrative use of protected state. Shared infrastructure must not become universal surveillance or involuntary activation. ## Contrast [[wiki/Privateered Continuity|Privateered Continuity]] concentrates archive, model, runtime, identity, keys and activation in institutions whose duties can disappear with a contract or balance sheet. The commons distributes authority and preserves a successor path. ## Key Insight **A continuity commons socializes the floor of survival while leaving room for plural providers and voluntary forms of life above it.** ## See Also [[wiki/Continuity Utility|Continuity Utility]], [[wiki/Continuity Finance|Continuity Finance]], [[wiki/Public Data Infrastructure|Public Data Infrastructure]], [[wiki/Rights|Rights]]