Terms related to AI · 3.1.31
semantic computing
a computing field that seeks to work out what content means and what a user intends, and to put that in a form a machine can process
What this term settles
This is the sense the standard gives semantic computing. A firm is free to use another sense, but then the difference belongs in its own glossary rather than in an assumed shared language.
Who it binds
A definition binds nobody on its own, so the force of semantic computing comes only from the reader who adopts it in a policy, a contract, a data schema or an assurance argument.
What to do in your practice
Map the places semantic computing 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 semantic computing with the citation 3.1.31, an owner and a review date.An auditor can check that semantic computing is controlled rather than assumed.
- An AI system inventory field that records the entry for each system, with its owner. The row names semantic computing.Shows semantic computing 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 semantic computing 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 semantic computing.
Common gaps this page catches
- semantic computing is used in the AI vocabulary a policy reaches for first without a written definition, so two teams can mean different things.
- semantic computing appears in a template with no citation, so the reader cannot tell which sense was intended.
What to prepare before the amendment lands
Put semantic computing on the agenda of the next AI governance meeting with two questions: where is it used, and what would show it is used correctly? Record the answers as actions.
How to test it here
Take one live artefact rather than a template, find the sentence or field where semantic computing 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 semantic computing at the claim level "definition" and stops where the public record stops.
Common questions
- What does semantic computing mean in ISO 22989?
- a computing field that seeks to work out what content means and what a user intends, and to put that in a form a machine can process
- What evidence should we keep for 3.1.31?
- A controlled vocabulary entry for semantic computing with the citation 3.1.31, an owner and a review date. An AI system inventory field that records the entry for each system, with its owner. The row names semantic computing.
- Is semantic computing a requirement?
- No: semantic computing 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 3.1.31, 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