# 3.5.5 control, ISO 22989

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Contents1 Scope2 Normative references3 Terms and definitions4 Abbreviated terms5 AI conceptsClause 3, terms
3.1 Terms related to AI3.1.1 AI agent3.1.2 AI component3.1.3 artificial intelligence3.1.4 artificial intelligence system3.1.5 autonomy3.1.6 application specific integrated circuit3.1.7 automatic3.1.8 cognitive computing3.1.9 continuous learning3.1.10 connectionism3.1.11 data mining3.1.12 declarative knowledge3.1.13 expert system3.1.14 general AI3.1.15 genetic algorithm3.1.16 heteronomy3.1.17 inference3.1.18 internet of things3.1.19 IoT device3.1.20 IoT system3.1.21 knowledge3.1.22 life cycle3.1.23 model3.1.24 narrow AI3.1.25 performance3.1.26 planning3.1.27 prediction3.1.28 procedural knowledge3.1.29 robot3.1.30 robotics3.1.31 semantic computing3.1.32 soft computing3.1.33 symbolic AI3.1.34 subsymbolic AI3.1.35 task3.2 Terms related to data3.2.1 data annotation3.2.2 data quality checking3.2.3 data augmentation3.2.4 data sampling3.2.5 dataset3.2.6 exploratory data analysis3.2.7 ground truth3.2.8 imputation3.2.9 input data3.2.10 label3.2.11 personally identifiable information3.2.12 production data3.2.13 sample3.2.14 test data3.2.15 validation data3.3 Terms related to machine learning3.3.1 Bayesian network3.3.2 decision tree3.3.3 human-machine teaming3.3.4 hyperparameter3.3.5 machine learning3.3.6 machine learning algorithm3.3.7 machine learning model3.3.8 parameter3.3.9 reinforcement learning3.3.10 retraining3.3.11 semi-supervised machine learning3.3.12 supervised machine learning3.3.13 support vector machine3.3.14 trained model3.3.15 training3.3.16 training data3.3.17 unsupervised machine learning3.4 Terms related to neural networks3.4.1 activation function3.4.2 convolutional neural network3.4.3 convolution3.4.4 deep learning3.4.5 exploding gradient3.4.6 feed forward neural network3.4.7 long short-term memory3.4.8 neural network3.4.9 neuron3.4.10 recurrent neural network3.5 Terms related to trustworthiness3.5.1 accountable3.5.2 accountability3.5.3 availability3.5.4 bias3.5.5 control3.5.6 controllability3.5.7 explainability3.5.8 predictability3.5.9 reliability3.5.10 resilience3.5.11 risk3.5.12 robustness3.5.13 stakeholder3.5.14 transparency3.5.15 transparency3.5.16 trustworthiness3.5.17 verification3.5.18 validation3.6 Terms related to natural language processing3.6.1 automatic summarization3.6.2 dialogue management3.6.3 emotion recognition3.6.4 information retrieval3.6.5 machine translation3.6.6 named entity recognition3.6.7 natural language3.6.8 natural language generation3.6.9 natural language processing3.6.10 natural language processing3.6.11 natural language understanding3.6.12 optical character recognition3.6.13 part-of-speech tagging3.6.14 question answering3.6.15 relationship extraction3.6.16 sentiment analysis3.6.17 speech recognition3.6.18 speech synthesis3.7 Terms related to computer vision3.7.1 computer vision3.7.2 face recognition3.7.3 image3.7.4 image recognitionClause 5, concepts
5.1 General5.2 From strong and weak AI to general and narrow AI5.3 Agent5.4 Knowledge5.5 Cognition and cognitive computing5.6 Semantic computing5.7 Soft computing5.8 Genetic algorithms5.9 Symbolic and subsymbolic approaches for AI5.10 Data5.11 Machine learning concepts

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Terms related to trustworthiness · 3.5.5

# control

a deliberate action taken on or within a process to meet stated objectives

  
- definition

  
- Defined term

  
- ISO/IEC 22989:2022/FDAmd 1

  
- Last updated: 2026-10-21

## What this term settles

The definition fixes what control means inside this vocabulary and, just as usefully, where the boundary sits. A reader who means something wider or narrower is using a different term and should say so.

## Who it binds

The entry has no shall in it, and the force of control comes from use: once it appears in a procedure or a supplier term, this is the meaning the reader may rely on.

## What to do in your practice

Use the entry as a test in the next review. Ask the owner to point at the artefact that shows control in this sense, then record the answer with a date.

## Evidence an auditor or regulator asks for

- A controlled vocabulary entry for control with the citation 3.5.5, an owner and a review date.
An auditor can check that control is controlled rather than assumed.

- An assurance argument that links the property to the test, the review or the incident record behind it. The row names control.
Shows control in use in the artefact the firm relies on, not only in a glossary.

- A register row with the owner, the date and the evidence reference for the claim. The record carries the control entry and its date.
The assurance case asserts the property without naming the test, review or incident record that supports it. The gap is tested against control.

Ask your teamWhich supplier or contract uses control, and does the definition there match the one here?

## Common gaps this page catches

- control is used in the assurance argument without a written definition, so two teams can mean different things.

- The entry for control is reviewed when someone remembers, not on a cadence, so it drifts from the artefact it describes.

## What to prepare before the amendment lands

Take the next policy revision and replace the loose use of control with the entry and its citation. Record the change in the vocabulary change log.

## How to test it here

Take one live artefact rather than a template, find the sentence or field where control is used, and put this page beside it. Record the answer, the artefact and the date, because that record is the evidence and a glossary entry on its own is only an intention.

## What this page does not claim

The page does not reproduce the standard, certify the firm or predict the wording the amendment will use; it states control at the claim level "definition" and stops where the public record stops.

## Common questions

What does control mean in ISO 22989?
a deliberate action taken on or within a process to meet stated objectives
What evidence should we keep for 3.5.5?
A controlled vocabulary entry for control with the citation 3.5.5, an owner and a review date. An assurance argument that links the property to the test, the review or the incident record behind it. The row names control.
Is control a requirement?
No: control is a definition or clause of a terminology standard, and it becomes binding only when a firm writes it into a policy, a contract or a procedure, or when another standard incorporates it.

## Related units

- 3.5.4 bias

- 3.5.6 controllability

- 3.5.7 explainability

Source. ISO/IEC 22989:2022, Clause 3.5.5, Terms and definitions. Open the ISO public entry. Retrieved 21 October 2026.
https://www.iso.org/obp/ui/en/#iso:std:iso-iec:22989:ed-1:v1:en
ISO catalogue record 88145, the amendment status, stage and dates. Catalogue record 74296, the base standard.
Claim level: definition. The definition is in the public preview. This page states it in our own words and does not reproduce the text.

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Last updated: 2026-10-21 · Markdown version · Check your vocabulary

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