Terms related to AI · 3.1.25
performance
a result that can be measured
What this term settles
A governance lead borrows this meaning whenever performance appears in a risk assessment or an assurance argument. The borrowing is safe only if the artefact behind it matches the description.
Who it binds
Nothing here creates an obligation by itself, and the obligation for performance arrives when the firm writes the term into a control, a specification or a purchase order.
What to do in your practice
Map the places performance appears in policy, procurement and system records. Where the word is used without the entry behind it, add the citation or replace the sentence.
Evidence an auditor or regulator asks for
- A controlled vocabulary entry for performance with the citation 3.1.25, an owner and a review date.An auditor can check that performance is controlled rather than assumed.
- An AI system inventory field that records the entry for each system, with its owner. The row names performance.Shows performance in use in the artefact the firm relies on, not only in a glossary.
- A policy or procedure sentence that uses the entry in this sense. The record carries the performance entry and its date.The policy borrows the word but not the boundary, so a supplier system and an in-house model are treated as the same kind of thing. The gap is tested against performance.
Common gaps this page catches
- performance is used in the AI vocabulary a policy reaches for first without a written definition, so two teams can mean different things.
- A supplier uses performance with a different boundary and nobody has recorded the difference.
What to prepare before the amendment lands
Take the next policy revision and replace the loose use of performance 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 performance 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 performance at the claim level "definition" and stops where the public record stops.
Common questions
- What does performance mean in ISO 22989?
- a result that can be measured
- What evidence should we keep for 3.1.25?
- A controlled vocabulary entry for performance with the citation 3.1.25, an owner and a review date. An AI system inventory field that records the entry for each system, with its owner. The row names performance.
- Is performance a requirement?
- No: performance 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 3.1.25, 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