# Namespace Sovereignty **Domain:** Digital Afterlife / Naming / Jurisdiction **Doc Type:** Canonical Concept **Maturity:** Developed **Evidence / Concept Status:** Corpus synthesis grounded in domain, registry, and identity systems ## Definition **Namespace Sovereignty** is authority derived from controlling identifiers, names, domains, registry entries, or addressing systems through which digital entities become legally and operationally reachable. ## Continuity Significance A continuant that cannot be resolved in authoritative namespaces may exist technically while disappearing administratively. ## Existing Architecture / Evidence Country-code domains, identity registries, certificate systems, and platform namespaces embody this power. ## Evidentiary Boundary / Red-Team Note Control of a namespace does not confer ownership of the underlying person. ## Related Ontology [[wiki/Registry Sovereignty|Registry Sovereignty]] · [[wiki/Administrative Existence|Administrative Non-Existence]] · [[wiki/Monaco Online Gambling Localization|Monaco Online Gambling Localization]] · [[wiki/Durable Identity|Durable Identity]]