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Machine-readable evidence

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Evidence a machine can query, diff and aggregate (OSCAL artefacts, structured eval results, signed logs), as opposed to screenshots and exported spreadsheets.

Developed in
ch. 05, Pattern: Machine-Readable Evidence (OSCAL)
Chapters
ch. 03, Values & Principles · ch. 04, The Stack · ch. 05, Patterns
In the open reference
Assurance evidence for frontier AI
Source
Defined by this Body of Knowledge: the section it is developed in is the source

Where it is used

15 chapters of the Body of Knowledge use the term. Each link opens the first section that does.

Machine-readable evidence: mentions per chapter28 mentions of the term across 15 of the 23 chapters of the Body of Knowledge; the chapters the glossary cross-references are drawn solid.Cross-referenced chapterOther chapter00 Preface: 2 mentions00 Preface201 Definition: 4 mentions01 Definition403 Values & Principles: 2 mentions03 Values & Principles204 The Stack: 3 mentions04 The Stack305 Patterns: 2 mentions05 Patterns206 The Role: 2 mentions06 The Role207 Maturity Model: 1 mention07 Maturity Model108 Regulatory Map: 1 mention08 Regulatory Map110 Reading List: 1 mention10 Reading List111 AI Defined: 2 mentions11 AI Defined214 Development: 1 mention14 Development116 Fairness & XAI: 2 mentions16 Fairness & XAI217 Incidents: 2 mentions17 Incidents220 Existing Law: 2 mentions20 Existing Law222 Principles & Standards: 1 mention22 Principles & Standards1No mentions in the other 8 chaptersSource: the Body of Knowledgev0.5.0
Machine-readable evidence: mentions per chapter28 mentions of the term across 15 of the 23 chapters of the Body of Knowledge; the chapters the glossary cross-references are drawn solid.Cross-referenced chapterOther chapter00 Preface: 2 mentions20001 Definition: 4 mentions4010203 Values & Principles: 2 mentions20304 The Stack: 3 mentions30405 Patterns: 2 mentions20506 The Role: 2 mentions20607 Maturity Model: 1 mention10708 Regulatory Map: 1 mention10810 Reading List: 1 mention11011 AI Defined: 2 mentions211121314 Development: 1 mention1141516 Fairness & XAI: 2 mentions21617 Incidents: 2 mentions217181920 Existing Law: 2 mentions2202122 Principles & Standards: 1 mention12223Source: 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 Machine-readable evidence per chapter
ChapterMentionsCross-referenced
00 Preface2No
01 Definition4No
02 Why Now0No
03 Values & Principles2Yes
04 The Stack3Yes
05 Patterns2Yes
06 The Role2No
07 Maturity Model1No
08 Regulatory Map1No
10 Reading List1No
11 AI Defined2No
12 Governance Program0No
13 Risk Management0No
14 Development1No
15 Deployment0No
16 Fairness & XAI2No
17 Incidents2No
18 EU AI Act0No
19 Privacy & AI0No
20 Existing Law2No
21 AI Laws Worldwide0No
22 Principles & Standards1No
23 AI Agents0No

Patterns that use this term

12 pattern pages use the term; the 10 that use it most:

Machine-readable evidence: related terms and patternsThe term at the centre; related terms on solid edges, the terms it is contrasted with on dashed edges, and the patterns that use it most in the colour of their layer.RelatedColour: stack layer of the pattern01 Govern-as-Code02 Inventory03 Evals05 AssuranceMachine-readable evidenceRelated terms (2)JSON Schema · RelatedJSON SchemaOSCAL · RelatedOSCALPatterns using it most (6)AIBOM, 1 mention · Uses the termAIBOMEval Gate in CI, 1 mention · Uses the termEval Gate in CIIncident Pipeline, 2 mentions · Uses the termIncident PipelineMachine-Readable Evidence (OSCAL), 2 mentions · Uses the termMachine-Readable EvidenceModel Card as Control Evidence, 1 mention · Uses the termModel Card as Control EvidencePolicy Card, 1 mention · Uses the termPolicy Card
Machine-readable evidence: related terms and patternsThe term at the centre; related terms on solid edges, the terms it is contrasted with on dashed edges, and the patterns that use it most in the colour of their layer.RelatedColour: stack layer of the pattern01 Govern-as-Code02 Inventory03 Evals05 AssuranceRelated terms (2)JSON Schema · RelatedJSON SchemaOSCAL · RelatedOSCALPatterns using it most (6)AIBOM, 1 mention · Uses the termAIBOMEval Gate in CI, 1 mention · Uses the termEval Gate in CIIncident Pipeline, 2 mentions · Uses the termIncident PipelineMachine-Readable Evidence (OSCAL), 2 mentions · Uses the termMachine-Readable EvidenceModel Card as Control Evidence, 1 mention · Uses the termModel Card as Control EvidencePolicy Card, 1 mention · Uses the termPolicy CardMachine-readableevidence
The term's neighbourhood Terms related to this one on solid edges, terms it is often confused with on dashed edges, and the patterns that use it most in the colour of their layer. Follow a dashed edge to check the distinction before you use either term.
Neighbourhood as a table
Neighbourhood of Machine-readable evidence
FamilyItemRelation
Related termsJSON SchemaRelated
Related termsOSCALRelated
Patterns using it mostAIBOM, 1 mentionUses the term
Patterns using it mostEval Gate in CI, 1 mentionUses the term
Patterns using it mostIncident Pipeline, 2 mentionsUses the term
Patterns using it mostMachine-Readable Evidence (OSCAL), 2 mentionsUses the term
Patterns using it mostModel Card as Control Evidence, 1 mentionUses the term
Patterns using it mostPolicy Card, 1 mentionUses the term
  • JSON Schema

    A vocabulary for describing the structure of JSON documents so a validator can check them: which fields exist, which are required, their types and allowed…

  • OSCAL

    The Open Security Controls Assessment Language, a NIST machine-readable format for controls, assessments and evidence, used here as the format for audit-ready…

Sources

No external source: the term is coined or used in a specific sense by this Body of Knowledge, and the section linked under "Developed in" is its source.

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Cite this term

García Aibar, J. (2026). Machine-readable evidence. In AI Governance Engineering: The Thesis & Body of Knowledge (v0.5.0), Glossary. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22956197. https://aigovernanceengineer.com/glossary/machine-readable-evidence. CC BY 4.0

BibTeX

@misc{aige2026machinereadableevidence,
  author  = {Jorge García Aibar},
  title   = {{Machine-readable evidence}},
  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/machine-readable-evidence}
}