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Localisation (by jurisdiction)

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Controlling where an AI system runs and which features it offers in each jurisdiction, with per-jurisdiction rule sets as code, regional instances where residency requires them and feature flags by region, so one market can be switched off without touching the others. A system launches in a jurisdiction only once its duties there are shown to be met.

Developed in
ch. 15, Localisation by jurisdiction
ch. 05, Pattern: Deactivation, Localisation & Retirement Runbook
Chapters
ch. 05, Patterns · ch. 12, Governance Program · ch. 15, Deployment
Source
Defined by this Body of Knowledge: the section it is developed in is the source

Where it is used

The term is not used under this name in running prose; the sections listed under "Developed in" treat it.

  • Decommissioning

    The planned retirement of an AI system: dependency analysis, fallback and transition, sunset notices, a final evidence snapshot, archive or disposal of…

  • Graduated degradation

    Pre-built, tested operating modes short of switching an AI system off: advice-only, raised confidence thresholds, grounded-only answers, disabling for one…

  • AI system

    For governance, the object the AI definition brings into scope.

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.

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

Cite this term

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

BibTeX

@misc{aige2026localisationbyjurisdiction,
  author  = {Jorge García Aibar},
  title   = {{Localisation (by jurisdiction)}},
  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/localisation-by-jurisdiction}
}