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The clause pages
The draft has seven clauses and twenty six published headings. Every clause and subclause has a page here: what the public preview states, what it withholds, the work it implies and the evidence to keep. The clause bodies of 4 to 7 are not public, and each affected page says so.
The framework is descriptive, so these pages do not read like a checklist of shall requirements. They read like a method: what the clause settles, who relies on it, what a team should produce and how a reviewer tests it. The method pages in clause 5 and the capability pages in clause 6 are grouped separately as well.
The public preview carries the foreword, the introduction, the scope, the normative references, the seven clause 3 definitions and the bibliography. That is enough to describe the structure and the purpose, and it is not enough to reproduce the descriptor wording. Where the wording is withheld, the page says so rather than inventing it.
| Code | Title | Claim level | Public text |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Scope | scope statement | The clause is in the public preview, in full. |
| 2 | Normative references | normative reference | The clause is in the public preview, in full. |
| 3 | Terms and definitions | defined terms | The clause is in the public preview: seven entries are published and the rest come from ISO/IEC 22989:2022. |
| 4 | Principles of AI system characterization based on methods and capabilities | principles clause | The heading and its five subclauses are in the public preview; the body is not. |
| 4.1 | General | principles clause | The heading is in the public preview; the body is not. |
| 4.2 | Definition of principles | principles clause | The heading is in the public preview; the body is not. |
| 4.3 | Intended application of principles | principles clause | The heading is in the public preview; the body is not. |
| 4.4 | Understanding AI methods and AI system capabilities | concepts clause | The heading is in the public preview; the body is not. |
| 4.5 | Application to AI systems | concepts clause | The heading is in the public preview; the body is not. |
| 5 | AI system methods dimension | methods dimension | The clause heading and its five subclauses are in the public preview; the descriptor bodies are not. |
| 5.1 | General | methods clause | The heading is in the public preview; the body is not. |
| 5.2 | Traditional AI | methods family | The heading is in the public preview; the descriptor body is not. |
| 5.3 | Symbolic AI | methods family | The heading is in the public preview; the descriptor body is not. |
| 5.4 | Machine learning | methods family | The heading is in the public preview; the descriptor body is not. |
| 5.5 | Hybrid AI | methods family | The heading is in the public preview; one defined term (hybrid AI) is published in clause 3. |
| 6 | AI system capabilities dimension | capabilities dimension | The clause heading and its six subclauses are in the public preview; the descriptor bodies are not. |
| 6.1 | General | capabilities clause | The heading is in the public preview; the body is not. |
| 6.2 | Sensory input processing | capabilities group | The heading is in the public preview; the descriptor body is not. |
| 6.3 | Knowledge processing | capabilities group | The heading is in the public preview; the descriptor body is not. |
| 6.4 | Action control processing | capabilities group | The heading is in the public preview; the descriptor body is not. |
| 6.5 | Communication processing | capabilities group | The heading is in the public preview; the descriptor body is not. |
| 6.6 | Emergent behaviour | capabilities group | The heading is in the public preview; one defined term (emergent behaviour) is published in clause 3. |
| 7 | Framework for characterizing AI system methods and capabilities | framework clause | The clause heading and its three subclauses are in the public preview; the body is not. |
| 7.1 | General | framework clause | The heading is in the public preview; the body is not. |
| 7.2 | Relation between AI tasks, AI components, AI methods and AI capabilities | framework clause | The heading is in the public preview; the body is not. |
| 7.3 | Characterization framework of AI system methods and capabilities | framework clause | The heading is in the public preview; the body is not. |
Grouped views
The methods dimension
Traditional, symbolic, machine learning and hybrid methods, with the general reading rule.
The capabilities dimension
Sensory input, knowledge, action control, communication and emergent behaviour.
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