Behaviour is evidence, not authority
A click, purchase or abandoned basket may be informative. It may also reflect compromise, curiosity, a gift for someone else or a choice made under constraints that no longer apply. Past behaviour cannot safely define a person’s current objective.
Intent can contradict the past
Someone who repeatedly bought a familiar product may now need a different outcome. Someone who never purchased may have had strong demand that the available supply failed to meet. The absence of a transaction is not the absence of intent.
Explicit objectives change the system’s job
When a person can state what they are trying to achieve, the system can ask which criteria matter, which trade-offs are acceptable and what evidence would change the answer. That is different from predicting the next click.
Resident sovereignty
OBVIC uses “resident” for the person whose objective is being resolved. The resident remains the authority. Private profiles are not advertising inventory, and commercial participation cannot purchase a better suitability result.
This distinction is part of Connected Intent and the public governance boundary. SINQUO by OBVIC is being developed as the resident-facing product. The current public experience is illustrative.