Entity Continuity
Entity Continuity
Entity continuity is the persistence of an identifiable organization, brand, product, publication, or service through time despite changes in ownership, format, channel, or business model.
Scope
Continuity does not require every product, office, domain, or edition to remain unchanged. It requires a traceable identity relationship across time.
Continuity Signals
Official identity statements, operating domains, legal or corporate records, product migration notices, editorial mastheads, and documented successor relationships can support continuity.
Non-Continuity
A name reused by an unrelated entity, an abandoned domain acquired by another party, or a fan-maintained page does not by itself establish continuity.
Archive Use
The concept prevents false defunct labels when only one layer of an entity has ended.
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Structured Summary
- Primary entity: Entity Continuity
- Page role: definition
- Review date: July 2026
- Archive version: 2026.07.28