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Use-case record

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The intake record for a proposed AI use: business context, intended purpose and the uses ruled out, affected persons, decision authority, success metrics and error appetite, stored as fields on the registry entry so classification, thresholds, tests and impact assessments read the same facts 1.

Developed in
ch. 14, The use-case record
ch. 06, Intake and classification
ch. 05, Pattern: Use-Case Intake & Risk Tiering
Chapters
ch. 05, Patterns · ch. 06, The Role · ch. 14, Development
Source
1 numbered reference, listed below

Where it is used

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

Patterns that use this term

3 pattern pages use the term, most mentions first.

  • Intended purpose

    The use for which the provider intends an AI system, including its specific context and conditions of use.

  • Risk tier

    An organisation's own rating of an AI use case, computed at intake by a versioned policy from declared profile fields such as autonomy, decision impact…

Sources

  1. [1] Artificial Intelligence Risk Management Framework (AI RMF 1.0), NIST AI 100-1 (risk tolerance and residual risk; seven trustworthy characteristics; transparency answers "what happened", explainability "how", interpretability "why"; MAP 1.1 intended purposes; MANAGE 1.1 go/no-go determination; profiles). NIST. 2023-01-26. https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.AI.100-1 (verified: primary)

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Cite this term

García Aibar, J. (2026). Use-case 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/use-case-record. CC BY 4.0

BibTeX

@misc{aige2026usecaserecord,
  author  = {Jorge García Aibar},
  title   = {{Use-case 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/use-case-record}
}