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Audit-ready evidence

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Evidence emitted as a by-product of the build in a form an auditor can read directly (machine-readable, signed, timestamped), so the audit is a query, not a collection project.

Developed in
ch. 01, Three clarifiers
Chapters
ch. 01, Definition · ch. 04, The Stack
Source
Defined by this Body of Knowledge: the section it is developed in is the source

Where it is used

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

Audit-ready evidence: mentions per chapter6 mentions of the term across 4 of the 23 chapters of the Body of Knowledge; the chapters the glossary cross-references are drawn solid.Cross-referenced chapterOther chapter01 Definition: 2 mentions01 Definition202 Why Now: 1 mention02 Why Now104 The Stack: 2 mentions04 The Stack206 The Role: 1 mention06 The Role1No mentions in the other 19 chaptersSource: the Body of Knowledgev0.5.0
Audit-ready evidence: mentions per chapter6 mentions of the term across 4 of the 23 chapters of the Body of Knowledge; the chapters the glossary cross-references are drawn solid.Cross-referenced chapterOther chapter0001 Definition: 2 mentions20102 Why Now: 1 mention1020304 The Stack: 2 mentions2040506 The Role: 1 mention10607081011121314151617181920212223Source: 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 Audit-ready evidence per chapter
ChapterMentionsCross-referenced
00 Preface0No
01 Definition2Yes
02 Why Now1No
03 Values & Principles0No
04 The Stack2Yes
05 Patterns0No
06 The Role1No
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 & Standards0No
23 AI Agents0No
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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). Audit-ready 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/audit-ready-evidence. CC BY 4.0

BibTeX

@misc{aige2026auditreadyevidence,
  author  = {Jorge García Aibar},
  title   = {{Audit-ready 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/audit-ready-evidence}
}