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The signed, structured record a control writes each time it decides: which control, about which system version, what it decided, against which metric, threshold and obligation, on which input, when and by whom. One shape for every control lets an audit run as a query over one store 1.

Developed in
ch. 05, Pattern: Continuous Assurance Telemetry
Templates and schemas
Chapters
ch. 05, Patterns
Source
1 numbered reference, listed below

Where it is used

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

Patterns that use this term

7 pattern pages use the term, most mentions first.

  • Continuous assurance

    Assurance produced continuously from telemetry rather than at a point in time; the control's status is a live query, not an annual sign-off.

  • 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…

  • Risk register

    The evidence record of the risk loop: one versioned file per risk, keyed to a registry id, with ratings, treatment, controls that resolve to evidence, owner…

Sources

  1. [1] Evidence-record schema v1 (evidence-record.v1.json) (AI Governance Engineer templates and schemas library). aigovernanceengineer.com. 2026-09-24. https://aigovernanceengineer.com/schemas/evidence-record.v1.json (verified: primary)

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Cite this term

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

BibTeX

@misc{aige2026evidencerecord,
  author  = {Jorge García Aibar},
  title   = {{Evidence record}},
  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/evidence-record}
}