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Class: Requirement

A requirement representing a combination of obligation, permission, or prohibition for AI system assurance.

URI: nexus:Requirement

 classDiagram
    class Requirement
    click Requirement href "../Requirement/"
      Rule <|-- Requirement
        click Rule href "../Rule/"
      
      Requirement : broad_mappings
        
          
    
        
        
        Requirement --> "*" Any : broad_mappings
        click Any href "../Any/"
    

        
      Requirement : close_mappings
        
          
    
        
        
        Requirement --> "*" Any : close_mappings
        click Any href "../Any/"
    

        
      Requirement : dateCreated
        
      Requirement : dateModified
        
      Requirement : description
        
      Requirement : exact_mappings
        
          
    
        
        
        Requirement --> "*" Any : exact_mappings
        click Any href "../Any/"
    

        
      Requirement : hasApplication
        
          
    
        
        
        Requirement --> "*" AIUC1ApplicationCategory : hasApplication
        click AIUC1ApplicationCategory href "../AIUC1ApplicationCategory/"
    

        
      Requirement : hasFrequency
        
          
    
        
        
        Requirement --> "0..1" AIUC1Frequency : hasFrequency
        click AIUC1Frequency href "../AIUC1Frequency/"
    

        
      Requirement : hasKeywords
        
      Requirement : hasLifecycleStatus
        
          
    
        
        
        Requirement --> "0..1" LifecycleStatus : hasLifecycleStatus
        click LifecycleStatus href "../LifecycleStatus/"
    

        
      Requirement : hasPrinciple
        
          
    
        
        
        Requirement --> "*" Principle : hasPrinciple
        click Principle href "../Principle/"
    

        
      Requirement : hasRequirementType
        
          
    
        
        
        Requirement --> "0..1" AIUC1RequirementType : hasRequirementType
        click AIUC1RequirementType href "../AIUC1RequirementType/"
    

        
      Requirement : hasRule
        
          
    
        
        
        Requirement --> "*" Rule : hasRule
        click Rule href "../Rule/"
    

        
      Requirement : id
        
      Requirement : isApplicableToCapability
        
          
    
        
        
        Requirement --> "*" AiTask : isApplicableToCapability
        click AiTask href "../AiTask/"
    

        
      Requirement : isCategorizedAs
        
          
    
        
        
        Requirement --> "*" Any : isCategorizedAs
        click Any href "../Any/"
    

        
      Requirement : isDefinedByTaxonomy
        
          
    
        
        
        Requirement --> "0..1" Taxonomy : isDefinedByTaxonomy
        click Taxonomy href "../Taxonomy/"
    

        
      Requirement : name
        
      Requirement : narrow_mappings
        
          
    
        
        
        Requirement --> "*" Any : narrow_mappings
        click Any href "../Any/"
    

        
      Requirement : notes
        
      Requirement : related_mappings
        
          
    
        
        
        Requirement --> "*" Any : related_mappings
        click Any href "../Any/"
    

        
      Requirement : type
        
      Requirement : url

Inheritance

Section titled “Inheritance”

Slots

Section titled “Slots”
Name Cardinality and Range Description Inheritance
hasApplication *
AIUC1ApplicationCategory		 The application category, Optional or Mandatory direct
hasFrequency 0..1
AIUC1Frequency		 The frequency direct
hasKeywords *
String		 A collection of keywords direct
hasPrinciple *
Principle		 Which of the AIUC-1 principles this requirement belongs to direct
isApplicableToCapability *
AiTask		 This evidence only applies to AI systems with this capability direct
hasRequirementType 0..1
AIUC1RequirementType		 The requirement type of whether this is preventive, detective, etc direct
isDefinedByTaxonomy 0..1
Taxonomy		 A relationship where a concept or a concept group is defined by a taxonomy direct
hasRule *
Rule		 Relationship indicating the control activities (rules) of which the requireme… direct
type 0..1
String		 direct
id 1
String		 A unique identifier to this instance of the model element Entity
name 0..1
String		 A text name of this instance Entity
description 0..1
String		 The description of an entity Entity
url 0..1
Uri		 An optional URL associated with this instance Entity
dateCreated 0..1
Date		 The date on which the entity was created Entity
dateModified 0..1
Date		 The date on which the entity was most recently modified Entity
exact_mappings *
Any		 The property is used to link two concepts, indicating a high degree of confid… Entity
close_mappings *
Any		 The property is used to link two concepts that are sufficiently similar that … Entity
related_mappings *
Any		 The property skos:relatedMatch is used to state an associative mapping link b… Entity
narrow_mappings *
Any		 The property is used to state a hierarchical mapping link between two concept… Entity
broad_mappings *
Any		 The property is used to state a hierarchical mapping link between two concept… Entity
isCategorizedAs *
Any		 A relationship where an entity has been deemed to be categorized Entity
hasLifecycleStatus 0..1
LifecycleStatus		 The editorial / publication lifecycle state of this entity Entity
notes *
String		 Free-text editorial notes, source breadcrumbs, or build-time provenance that … Entity

Usages

Section titled “Usages”
used by used in type used
ControlActivity hasRequirement range Requirement
ControlActivityPermission hasRequirement range Requirement
ControlActivityProhibition hasRequirement range Requirement
ControlActivityObligation hasRequirement range Requirement
ControlActivityRecommendation hasRequirement range Requirement
Requirement hasApplication domain Requirement
Requirement hasFrequency domain Requirement
Requirement hasKeywords domain Requirement
Requirement hasPrinciple domain Requirement

Identifier and Mapping Information

Section titled “Identifier and Mapping Information”

Schema Source

Section titled “Schema Source”

Mappings

Section titled “Mappings”
Mapping Type Mapped Value
self nexus:Requirement
native nexus:Requirement

Examples

Section titled “Examples”

Example: Requirement-aiuc1-req-a001

Section titled “Example: Requirement-aiuc1-req-a001”
id: aiuc1-req-a001
name: Establish input data policy
description: Establish and communicate AI input data policies covering how customer data is used for model
  training, inference processing, data retention periods, and customer data rights
related_mappings:
- asi04-agentic-supply-chain-vulnerabilities
- asi06-memory-and-context-poisoning
- atlas-data-acquisition
- atlas-data-privacy-rights
- atlas-data-usage
- atlas-lack-of-data-transparency
isDefinedByTaxonomy: aiuc1
hasRule:
- aiuc1-ctrl-a001-1
- aiuc1-ctrl-a001-2
- aiuc1-ctrl-a001-3
type: Requirement
hasApplication:
- MANDATORY
hasFrequency: MONTHS_12
hasKeywords:
- Data Retention
- Model Training Data
- Opt-Out
hasPrinciple:
- aiuc1-principle-a
isApplicableToCapability:
- universal-capability
hasRequirementType: PREVENTATIVE

LinkML Source

Section titled “LinkML Source”

Direct

Section titled “Direct”
name: Requirement
description: A requirement representing a combination of obligation, permission, or
  prohibition for AI system assurance.
from_schema: https://w3id.org/ai-atlas-nexus/ai-risk-ontology
is_a: Rule
slots:
- hasApplication
- hasFrequency
- hasKeywords
- hasPrinciple
- isApplicableToCapability
- hasRequirementType
- isDefinedByTaxonomy
- hasRule
slot_usage:
  hasRule:
    name: hasRule
    description: Relationship indicating the control activities (rules) of which the
      requirement is composed.
    inlined: false
attributes:
  type:
    name: type
    from_schema: https://w3id.org/ai-atlas-nexus/ai_aiuc
    designates_type: true
    domain_of:
    - Vocabulary
    - Taxonomy
    - Concept
    - Control
    - Group
    - Entry
    - Policy
    - Rule
    - Permission
    - Prohibition
    - Obligation
    - Recommendation
    - Certification
    - BenchmarkMetadataCard
    - ControlActivity
    - ControlActivityPermission
    - ControlActivityProhibition
    - ControlActivityObligation
    - ControlActivityRecommendation
    - Requirement
    range: string

Induced

Section titled “Induced”
name: Requirement
description: A requirement representing a combination of obligation, permission, or
  prohibition for AI system assurance.
from_schema: https://w3id.org/ai-atlas-nexus/ai-risk-ontology
is_a: Rule
slot_usage:
  hasRule:
    name: hasRule
    description: Relationship indicating the control activities (rules) of which the
      requirement is composed.
    inlined: false
attributes:
  type:
    name: type
    from_schema: https://w3id.org/ai-atlas-nexus/ai_aiuc
    designates_type: true
    owner: Requirement
    domain_of:
    - Vocabulary
    - Taxonomy
    - Concept
    - Control
    - Group
    - Entry
    - Policy
    - Rule
    - Permission
    - Prohibition
    - Obligation
    - Recommendation
    - Certification
    - BenchmarkMetadataCard
    - ControlActivity
    - ControlActivityPermission
    - ControlActivityProhibition
    - ControlActivityObligation
    - ControlActivityRecommendation
    - Requirement
    range: string
  hasApplication:
    name: hasApplication
    description: The application category, Optional or Mandatory.
    from_schema: https://w3id.org/ai-atlas-nexus/ai-risk-ontology
    rank: 1000
    domain: Requirement
    slot_uri: nexus:hasApplication
    owner: Requirement
    domain_of:
    - Requirement
    range: AIUC1ApplicationCategory
    multivalued: true
    inlined: false
  hasFrequency:
    name: hasFrequency
    description: The frequency
    from_schema: https://w3id.org/ai-atlas-nexus/ai-risk-ontology
    rank: 1000
    domain: Requirement
    slot_uri: nexus:hasFrequency
    owner: Requirement
    domain_of:
    - Requirement
    range: AIUC1Frequency
  hasKeywords:
    name: hasKeywords
    description: A collection of keywords
    from_schema: https://w3id.org/ai-atlas-nexus/ai-risk-ontology
    rank: 1000
    domain: Requirement
    slot_uri: nexus:hasKeywords
    owner: Requirement
    domain_of:
    - Requirement
    range: string
    multivalued: true
    inlined: false
  hasPrinciple:
    name: hasPrinciple
    description: Which of the AIUC-1 principles this requirement belongs to
    from_schema: https://w3id.org/ai-atlas-nexus/ai-risk-ontology
    rank: 1000
    domain: Requirement
    slot_uri: dpv:isPartOf
    owner: Requirement
    domain_of:
    - Requirement
    range: Principle
    multivalued: true
    inlined: false
  isApplicableToCapability:
    name: isApplicableToCapability
    description: This evidence only applies to AI systems with this capability
    from_schema: https://w3id.org/ai-atlas-nexus/ai-risk-ontology
    rank: 1000
    domain: ControlActivity
    slot_uri: nexus:isApplicableToCapability
    owner: Requirement
    domain_of:
    - ControlActivity
    - Requirement
    range: AiTask
    multivalued: true
    inlined: false
  hasRequirementType:
    name: hasRequirementType
    description: The requirement type of whether this is preventive, detective, etc.
    from_schema: https://w3id.org/ai-atlas-nexus/ai-risk-ontology
    rank: 1000
    domain: Any
    slot_uri: nexus:hasRequirementType
    owner: Requirement
    domain_of:
    - ControlActivity
    - Requirement
    range: AIUC1RequirementType
  isDefinedByTaxonomy:
    name: isDefinedByTaxonomy
    description: A relationship where a concept or a concept group is defined by a
      taxonomy
    from_schema: https://w3id.org/ai-atlas-nexus/ai-risk-ontology
    rank: 1000
    slot_uri: schema:isPartOf
    owner: Requirement
    domain_of:
    - Concept
    - Control
    - Group
    - Entry
    - Policy
    - Rule
    - RiskControlGroup
    - RiskGroup
    - Risk
    - RiskControl
    - Action
    - RiskIncident
    - CapabilityGroup
    - AiTaskDomain
    - AiTaskGroup
    - Stakeholder
    - StakeholderGroup
    - Requirement
    range: Taxonomy
  hasRule:
    name: hasRule
    description: Relationship indicating the control activities (rules) of which the
      requirement is composed.
    from_schema: https://w3id.org/ai-atlas-nexus/ai-risk-ontology
    rank: 1000
    slot_uri: dpv:hasRule
    owner: Requirement
    domain_of:
    - Entry
    - LLMQuestionPolicy
    - Rule
    - Requirement
    range: Rule
    multivalued: true
    inlined: false
  id:
    name: id
    description: A unique identifier to this instance of the model element. Example
      identifiers include UUID, URI, URN, etc.
    from_schema: https://w3id.org/ai-atlas-nexus/ai-risk-ontology
    rank: 1000
    slot_uri: schema:identifier
    identifier: true
    owner: Requirement
    domain_of:
    - Entity
    range: string
    required: true
  name:
    name: name
    description: A text name of this instance.
    from_schema: https://w3id.org/ai-atlas-nexus/ai-risk-ontology
    rank: 1000
    slot_uri: schema:name
    owner: Requirement
    domain_of:
    - Entity
    - BenchmarkMetadataCard
    range: string
  description:
    name: description
    description: The description of an entity
    from_schema: https://w3id.org/ai-atlas-nexus/ai-risk-ontology
    rank: 1000
    slot_uri: schema:description
    owner: Requirement
    domain_of:
    - Entity
    range: string
  url:
    name: url
    description: An optional URL associated with this instance.
    from_schema: https://w3id.org/ai-atlas-nexus/ai-risk-ontology
    rank: 1000
    slot_uri: schema:url
    owner: Requirement
    domain_of:
    - Entity
    range: uri
  dateCreated:
    name: dateCreated
    description: The date on which the entity was created.
    from_schema: https://w3id.org/ai-atlas-nexus/ai-risk-ontology
    rank: 1000
    slot_uri: schema:dateCreated
    owner: Requirement
    domain_of:
    - Entity
    range: date
    required: false
  dateModified:
    name: dateModified
    description: The date on which the entity was most recently modified.
    from_schema: https://w3id.org/ai-atlas-nexus/ai-risk-ontology
    rank: 1000
    slot_uri: schema:dateModified
    owner: Requirement
    domain_of:
    - Entity
    range: date
    required: false
  exact_mappings:
    name: exact_mappings
    description: The property is used to link two concepts, indicating a high degree
      of confidence that the concepts can be used interchangeably across a wide range
      of information retrieval applications
    from_schema: https://w3id.org/ai-atlas-nexus/ai-risk-ontology
    rank: 1000
    slot_uri: skos:exactMatch
    owner: Requirement
    domain_of:
    - Entity
    range: Any
    multivalued: true
    inlined: false
  close_mappings:
    name: close_mappings
    description: The property is used to link two concepts that are sufficiently similar
      that they can be used interchangeably in some information retrieval applications.
    from_schema: https://w3id.org/ai-atlas-nexus/ai-risk-ontology
    rank: 1000
    slot_uri: skos:closeMatch
    owner: Requirement
    domain_of:
    - Entity
    range: Any
    multivalued: true
    inlined: false
  related_mappings:
    name: related_mappings
    description: The property skos:relatedMatch is used to state an associative mapping
      link between two concepts.
    from_schema: https://w3id.org/ai-atlas-nexus/ai-risk-ontology
    rank: 1000
    slot_uri: skos:relatedMatch
    owner: Requirement
    domain_of:
    - Entity
    range: Any
    multivalued: true
    inlined: false
  narrow_mappings:
    name: narrow_mappings
    description: The property is used to state a hierarchical mapping link between
      two concepts, indicating that the concept linked to, is a narrower concept than
      the originating concept.
    from_schema: https://w3id.org/ai-atlas-nexus/ai-risk-ontology
    rank: 1000
    slot_uri: skos:narrowMatch
    owner: Requirement
    domain_of:
    - Entity
    range: Any
    multivalued: true
    inlined: false
  broad_mappings:
    name: broad_mappings
    description: The property is used to state a hierarchical mapping link between
      two concepts, indicating that the concept linked to, is a broader concept than
      the originating concept.
    from_schema: https://w3id.org/ai-atlas-nexus/ai-risk-ontology
    rank: 1000
    slot_uri: skos:broadMatch
    owner: Requirement
    domain_of:
    - Entity
    range: Any
    multivalued: true
    inlined: false
  isCategorizedAs:
    name: isCategorizedAs
    description: A relationship where an entity has been deemed to be categorized
    from_schema: https://w3id.org/ai-atlas-nexus/ai-risk-ontology
    rank: 1000
    slot_uri: nexus:isCategorizedAs
    owner: Requirement
    domain_of:
    - Entity
    range: Any
    multivalued: true
    inlined: false
  hasLifecycleStatus:
    name: hasLifecycleStatus
    description: The editorial / publication lifecycle state of this entity. Distinct
      from AiLifecyclePhase, which describes an AI system's runtime evolution rather
      than the editorial workflow of a catalogued entry.
    from_schema: https://w3id.org/ai-atlas-nexus/ai-risk-ontology
    aliases:
    - lifecycle_status
    - doc_status
    rank: 1000
    slot_uri: adms:status
    owner: Requirement
    domain_of:
    - Entity
    range: LifecycleStatus
  notes:
    name: notes
    description: Free-text editorial notes, source breadcrumbs, or build-time provenance
      that do not belong in the user-facing description. Opaque to consumers.
    from_schema: https://w3id.org/ai-atlas-nexus/ai-risk-ontology
    rank: 1000
    slot_uri: skos:note
    owner: Requirement
    domain_of:
    - Entity
    range: string
    recommended: false
    multivalued: true