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Runtime data path

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The live connection between production and the governance function (discovery, telemetry and enforcement), without which a registry or dashboard describes the program but cannot see what is running 1.

Developed in
ch. 02, 5. No runtime data path
Chapters
ch. 02, Why Now · ch. 04, The Stack · ch. 07, Maturity Model
Source
1 numbered reference, listed below

Where it is used

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

Patterns that use this term

One pattern page uses the term.

  • Agent registry

    The runtime-aware inventory of every non-human actor (model, service and agent), each with an owner, a declared scope, a status and a kill switch, fed by a…

Sources

  1. [1] "Best AI Governance Platforms in 2026: 14 Enterprise Vendors Compared" (vendor-published comparison of the 13 Magic Quadrant vendors plus its own product; most of the category "manages the program … without any runtime data path"). Kosmoy. 2026-07-10. https://www.kosmoy.com/resources/blog/best-ai-governance-platforms-2026/ (verified: secondary)

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Cite this term

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

BibTeX

@misc{aige2026runtimedatapath,
  author  = {Jorge García Aibar},
  title   = {{Runtime data path}},
  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/runtime-data-path}
}