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Glossary

A plain-language reference for the terms used across RiGi and WWAIOS.

Reference

Language for accountable AI

Decision authority

The person or policy permitted to approve or perform an action.

Evidence position

What supports a claim, and which relevant facts remain unknown.

Evaluation

A defined test of system behavior against stated criteria.

Guardrail

A check that limits or redirects unsafe or unauthorized behavior.

Lineage

A record connecting source, transformation, policy, and outcome.

Human handoff

A point where a person reviews or takes responsibility for the next step.

Retrieval augmented generation

A method of supplying relevant external sources to a model at request time.

Policy as code

Rules expressed in a form that can be versioned, tested, and enforced.