Reference vocabulary

Decision assurance glossary

The category depends on precise distinctions between evidence types, decisions, authority and review.

Maintained by VeriscopicLast reviewed 2026-09-24

Definition

The precise question

This glossary uses the same terms as the longer definitions on the site and the VES 1.2 public model.

Reference model

From category to independent review

Decision assurance

Decision evidence

VES decision envelope

Evidence objects

Independent review

The envelope can link model output, runtime records, policy versions, authority records, claims documents, human rationale, external data and approvals while preserving each source's declared limits.

Insurance example

What this looks like in practice

A reviewer can use the terms to distinguish a runtime event from the decision-state that made an underwriting, claims or delegated-authority commitment consequential.

Evidence map

What a reviewer needs to see

Decision-state and execution boundary
Evidence Object, Decision Envelope and provenance
Authority, commitment, continuity and reconstruction gap

Start with the core terms

Decision-state

The material evidence, authority, conditions, contribution and judgement relevant at execution.

Evidence Object

A source artefact or reference described with provenance, integrity, applicability, relation and limitations.

Execution boundary

The point at which a result becomes a consequential organisational commitment.

Reconstruction gap

The difference between what was available then and what can be assembled later.

Full glossary

See the main glossary for the complete set of definitions, including evidentiary continuity, replay path, business authority and organisational commitment.

The VES connection

A published evidence structure

VES 1.2 is the normative source for the Decision Envelope and Evidence Object terms used here.

Read VES 1.2 for the published Decision Envelope, Evidence Object and verification model.

Boundary

A glossary is a shared vocabulary, not a certification regime or legal interpretation.

Frequently asked

What does decision assurance glossary address?

This glossary uses the same terms as the longer definitions on the site and the VES 1.2 public model.

Does this establish that a decision was correct or compliant?

A glossary is a shared vocabulary, not a certification regime or legal interpretation.