Terms related to natural language processing · 3.6.3
emotion recognition
a task that computationally identifies and sorts emotions expressed in text, speech, video, an image or a mix of them
What this term settles
The definition fixes what emotion recognition 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
Nothing here creates an obligation by itself. The obligation arrives when the firm writes emotion recognition into a control, a specification or a purchase order.
What to do in your practice
Write the entry into the glossary the firm actually reads, not a shelf document. Check the two artefacts where the word does most work and note any sentence that stretches the meaning.
Evidence an auditor or regulator asks for
- A controlled vocabulary entry for emotion recognition with the citation 3.6.3, an owner and a review date.An auditor can check that the term is controlled rather than assumed.
- A product description that names the language task and the input and output it handles.Shows emotion recognition in use in the artefact the firm relies on, not only in a glossary.
- An evaluation set with the language, the domain and the scoring rule.The product description mixes the task with the model, so a change of model reads as a change of task.
Common gaps this page catches
- emotion recognition is used in the language task in the product description without a written definition, so two teams can mean different things.
- A supplier uses the same word with a different boundary and nobody has recorded the difference.
What to prepare before the amendment lands
Add the entry to the register, give it an owner and a review date, and test it against one live artefact this week. The test is the evidence; the register row alone is not.
How to test it here
Take one live artefact rather than a template, find the sentence or field where emotion recognition 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 emotion recognition at the claim level "definition" and stops where the public record stops.
Common questions
- What does emotion recognition mean in ISO 22989?
- a task that computationally identifies and sorts emotions expressed in text, speech, video, an image or a mix of them
- What evidence should we keep for 3.6.3?
- A controlled vocabulary entry for emotion recognition with the citation 3.6.3, an owner and a review date. A product description that names the language task and the input and output it handles.
- Is emotion recognition a requirement?
- No: emotion recognition 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
Source. ISO/IEC 22989:2022, Clause 3.6.3, 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.
Last updated: 2026-10-21 · Markdown version · Check your vocabulary