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Harmonized Structure (ISO)

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The common clause layout and core text shared by ISO management-system standards such as ISO/IEC 42001, 27001 and 27701 and ISO 9001, which lets one integrated management system meet several of them 1. Not to be confused with an EU harmonised standard.

Developed in
ch. 22, Integrating with 27001, 27701 and 9001
Chapters
ch. 22, Principles & Standards
Contrast with
Harmonised standard
Source
1 numbered reference, listed below

Where it is used

One chapter of the Body of Knowledge uses the term. Each link opens the first section that does.

Harmonized Structure (ISO): mentions per chapter2 mentions of the term across 1 of the 23 chapters of the Body of Knowledge; the chapters the glossary cross-references are drawn solid.Cross-referenced chapter22 Principles & Standards: 2 mentions22 Principles & Standards2No mentions in the other 22 chaptersSource: the Body of Knowledgev0.5.0
Harmonized Structure (ISO): mentions per chapter2 mentions of the term across 1 of the 23 chapters of the Body of Knowledge; the chapters the glossary cross-references are drawn solid.Cross-referenced chapter00010203040506070810111213141516171819202122 Principles & Standards: 2 mentions22223Source: the Body of Knowledge v0.5.0
Mentions per chapter How often each chapter names the term, with the chapters the glossary cross-references drawn solid. The longest bar is where to read the term in use; bars spread across many chapters mark a term that runs through the discipline.
Mentions as a table
Mentions of Harmonized Structure (ISO) per chapter
ChapterMentionsCross-referenced
00 Preface0No
01 Definition0No
02 Why Now0No
03 Values & Principles0No
04 The Stack0No
05 Patterns0No
06 The Role0No
07 Maturity Model0No
08 Regulatory Map0No
10 Reading List0No
11 AI Defined0No
12 Governance Program0No
13 Risk Management0No
14 Development0No
15 Deployment0No
16 Fairness & XAI0No
17 Incidents0No
18 EU AI Act0No
19 Privacy & AI0No
20 Existing Law0No
21 AI Laws Worldwide0No
22 Principles & Standards2Yes
23 AI Agents0No
  • ISO/IEC 42001

    The ISO/IEC standard (2023) that specifies requirements for an AI management system, certifiable by accredited bodies.

Sources

  1. [1] Management system standards (Harmonized Structure; Annex SL common text; integrated management systems). ISO. 2026. https://www.iso.org/management-system-standards.html (verified: primary)

Definitions of legal terms paraphrase the cited text, which governs. Dated statements are as of .

Cite this term

García Aibar, J. (2026). Harmonized Structure (ISO). In AI Governance Engineering: The Thesis & Body of Knowledge (v0.5.0), Glossary. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22956197. https://aigovernanceengineer.com/glossary/harmonized-structure-iso. CC BY 4.0

BibTeX

@misc{aige2026harmonizedstructureiso,
  author  = {Jorge García Aibar},
  title   = {{Harmonized Structure (ISO)}},
  note    = {Glossary, AI Governance Engineering: The Thesis \& Body of Knowledge, version 0.5.0},
  year    = {2026},
  doi     = {10.5281/zenodo.22956197},
  url     = {https://aigovernanceengineer.com/glossary/harmonized-structure-iso}
}