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Technical documentation (Annex IV)

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The provider's technical file for a high-risk AI system, drawn up before placing on the market and kept up to date under Article 11: description, development process, data, testing, oversight, risk management, standards, declaration and post-market monitoring plan 1. Most items can be generated from pipeline records.

Developed in
ch. 14, Annex IV, element by element
Chapters
ch. 14, Development
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.

Technical documentation (Annex IV): mentions per chapter24 mentions of the term across 6 of the 23 chapters of the Body of Knowledge; the chapters the glossary cross-references are drawn solid.Cross-referenced chapterOther chapter04 The Stack: 1 mention04 The Stack108 Regulatory Map: 7 mentions08 Regulatory Map714 Development: 8 mentions14 Development815 Deployment: 1 mention15 Deployment118 EU AI Act: 5 mentions18 EU AI Act521 AI Laws Worldwide: 2 mentions21 AI Laws Worldwide2No mentions in the other 17 chaptersSource: the Body of Knowledgev0.5.0
Technical documentation (Annex IV): mentions per chapter24 mentions of the term across 6 of the 23 chapters of the Body of Knowledge; the chapters the glossary cross-references are drawn solid.Cross-referenced chapterOther chapter0001020304 The Stack: 1 mention10405060708 Regulatory Map: 7 mentions7081011121314 Development: 8 mentions81415 Deployment: 1 mention115161718 EU AI Act: 5 mentions518192021 AI Laws Worldwide: 2 mentions2212223Source: 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 Technical documentation (Annex IV) per chapter
ChapterMentionsCross-referenced
00 Preface0No
01 Definition0No
02 Why Now0No
03 Values & Principles0No
04 The Stack1No
05 Patterns0No
06 The Role0No
07 Maturity Model0No
08 Regulatory Map7No
10 Reading List0No
11 AI Defined0No
12 Governance Program0No
13 Risk Management0No
14 Development8Yes
15 Deployment1No
16 Fairness & XAI0No
17 Incidents0No
18 EU AI Act5No
19 Privacy & AI0No
20 Existing Law0No
21 AI Laws Worldwide2No
22 Principles & Standards0No
23 AI Agents0No
Technical documentation (Annex IV): related terms and patternsThe term at the centre; related terms on solid edges, the terms it is contrasted with on dashed edges, and the patterns that use it most in the colour of their layer.RelatedTechnical documentation (AnnexIV)Related terms (8)AI system · RelatedAI systemHigh-risk AI system · RelatedHigh-risk AI systemNotified body · RelatedNotified bodyPlacing on the market · RelatedPlacing on the marketPost-market monitoring · RelatedPost-market monitoringPre-determined changes · RelatedPre-determined changesRisk management · RelatedRisk managementSmall mid-cap enterprise (SMC) · RelatedSmall mid-cap enterprise
Technical documentation (Annex IV): related terms and patternsThe term at the centre; related terms on solid edges, the terms it is contrasted with on dashed edges, and the patterns that use it most in the colour of their layer.RelatedRelated terms (8)AI system · RelatedAI systemHigh-risk AI system · RelatedHigh-risk AI systemNotified body · RelatedNotified bodyPlacing on the market · RelatedPlacing on the marketPost-market monitoring · RelatedPost-market monitoringPre-determined changes · RelatedPre-determined changesRisk management · RelatedRisk managementSmall mid-cap enterprise (SMC) · RelatedSmall mid-cap enterpriseTechnicaldocumentation(Annex IV)
The term's neighbourhood Terms related to this one on solid edges, terms it is often confused with on dashed edges, and the patterns that use it most in the colour of their layer. Follow a dashed edge to check the distinction before you use either term.
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Neighbourhood of Technical documentation (Annex IV)
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Related termsAI systemRelated
Related termsHigh-risk AI systemRelated
Related termsNotified bodyRelated
Related termsPlacing on the marketRelated
Related termsPost-market monitoringRelated
Related termsPre-determined changesRelated
Related termsRisk managementRelated
Related termsSmall mid-cap enterprise (SMC)Related
  • Small mid-cap enterprise (SMC)

    An enterprise that has outgrown the SME definition but falls within the EU small mid-cap definition.

  • Post-market monitoring

    The AI Act Article 72 duty to actively monitor a high-risk system's performance and risks after deployment, throughout its lifetime.

  • Pre-determined changes

    Changes to a high-risk system that continues to learn, planned by the provider at the initial conformity assessment and described in the technical…

  • Placing on the market

    Under the EU AI Act, the first making available of an AI system or general-purpose AI model on the Union market; later supplies in the course of a commercial…

  • High-risk AI system

    Under the EU AI Act, an AI system that is a safety component of, or itself, a product under Annex I legislation needing third-party conformity assessment, or…

  • Risk management

    The organised practice of steering an organisation's decisions with its risks in view: identify, assess, treat and monitor, in a loop.

  • Notified body

    A conformity assessment body designated under the EU AI Act to carry out third-party conformity assessment of high-risk AI systems.

  • AI system

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

Sources

  1. [1] Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 (AI Act), consolidated text as amended by Regulation (EU) 2026/1744 (Digital Omnibus on AI, in force 27 Jul 2026; definitions in Art. 3, incl. 3(1), 3(3) to 3(14), 3(14b), 3(20), 3(22), 3(23), 3(29) to 3(32), 3(49), 3(55) to 3(57), 3(60), 3(61), 3(63), 3(68); Arts. 4, 5, 6 (incl. 6(3) third subparagraph, profiling), 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 17, 22 to 27 (incl. 26(11)), 40, 41, 43, 47, 48, 50, 53 (incl. 53(1)(c)), 55, 57, 60, 72, 73, 86; Annexes I, III, IV). Publications Office of the EU (EUR-Lex). 2026-07-27. https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/1689/2026-07-27/eng (verified: primary)

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Cite this term

García Aibar, J. (2026). Technical documentation (Annex IV). In AI Governance Engineering: The Thesis & Body of Knowledge (v0.5.0), Glossary. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22956197. https://aigovernanceengineer.com/glossary/technical-documentation-annex-iv. CC BY 4.0

BibTeX

@misc{aige2026technicaldocumentationannexiv,
  author  = {Jorge García Aibar},
  title   = {{Technical documentation (Annex IV)}},
  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/technical-documentation-annex-iv}
}