# Digital Double **Domain:** Digital Afterlife / Representation **Doc Type:** Canonical Concept **Maturity:** Developed **Evidence / Concept Status:** Regulatory foresight term / corpus bridge ## Definition A **Digital Double** is a data-derived or synthetic representation designed to resemble, stand in for, or operationally model a particular person. ## Continuity Significance The term is useful for the intermediate zone between passive records and full digital twins or continuants. ## Existing Architecture / Evidence CNIL postmortem foresight uses *double numérique* in the context of digital death and AI representations. ## Evidentiary Boundary / Red-Team Note A double is a representation unless additional evidence establishes persistent agency or continuity. ## Related Ontology [[wiki/Digital Replica|Digital Replica]] · [[wiki/Digital Human Twin|Digital Human Twin]] · [[wiki/Human Digital Remains|Human Digital Remains]] · [[wiki/Reconstructed Person|Reconstructed Person]] ## Sources / Provenance - https://cnil.fr/fr/cahier-ip-n10