---
title: "Downstream use register"
description: "The record of every consumer of an AI system's outputs (a system, team, partner or training pipeline), each with its approved use, the re-test that cleared the outputs for that context and any…"
canonical: https://aigovernanceengineer.com/glossary/downstream-use-register
author: "Jorge García Aibar"
license: "CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)"
doi: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22956197
version: "0.5.0"
updated: 2026-09-25
---

# Downstream use register

The record of every consumer of an AI system's outputs (a system, team, partner or training pipeline), each with its approved use, the re-test that cleared the outputs for that context and any contract, held against the producing system's registry entry. Access is granted per registered consumer, and a model change or retirement is notified to all of them.

- Developed in: [ch. 15, Secondary use and downstream harm](https://aigovernanceengineer.com/bok/governing-deployment#secondary-use-and-downstream-harm); [ch. 05, Pattern: Downstream Use Register](https://aigovernanceengineer.com/patterns/downstream-use-register)
- Chapters: [ch. 05, Patterns](https://aigovernanceengineer.com/bok/patterns) · [ch. 15, Deployment](https://aigovernanceengineer.com/bok/governing-deployment)
- In the glossary chapter: https://aigovernanceengineer.com/bok/glossary#t-downstream-use-register

## Sources

Defined by this Body of Knowledge: the section it is developed in is the source.