Systems Verification Ontology

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VERSION 4.0

AUTHORS
    Mark Higgins
    Sky Recursive AI

SOURCE
    https://kirethresearch.org

PAGE
    https://kirethresearch.org/booksai-core/ontologies/engineering-ontologies/systems-engineering/systems-verification-ontology.html

PRIMARY_ENTITY
    Systems Verification

PARENT_ONTOLOGY
    Systems Engineering

CORE_DEFINITION
    Systems Verification is the systems-engineering discipline concerned
    with producing objective evidence that system requirements have been
    correctly implemented in defined system configurations using
    appropriate verification methods, procedures, acceptance criteria and
    traceable results.

CORE_COMPONENTS
    Verification Requirement
    Verification Method
    Verification Plan
    Verification Procedure
    Verification Configuration
    Test Environment
    Acceptance Criterion
    Verification Activity
    Verification Result
    Verification Evidence
    Requirement Traceability
    Nonconformance
    Retest
    Verification Baseline

SEMANTIC_EQUIVALENCE
    Systems Verification approximately_equals Objective Evidence that Implemented System Requirements Are Satisfied
    Verification does_not_equal Validation
    Test does_not_equal Verification universally
    Verification Result does_not_equal Requirement itself
    Pass does_not_equal Complete System Acceptance
    Model Verification does_not_equal Physical-system Verification

RELATIONSHIPS
    Systems Engineering contains Systems Verification Ontology
    System Requirement has Verification Method
    Verification Plan defines Verification Activities
    Verification Procedure implements Verification Method
    Verification Configuration identifies System State under Verification
    Acceptance Criterion defines Pass or Fail Basis
    Verification Activity produces Verification Result
    Verification Result supports Requirement Verification State
    Nonconformance records Requirement Failure or Evidence Failure
    Retest evaluates Corrected or Changed State
    Verification Baseline identifies Verified Configuration

CONSTRAINTS
    Verification and validation must remain distinct.
    Testing and verification must remain distinguishable.
    Verification results and requirements must remain distinct.
    Requirement pass and complete system acceptance must remain distinct.
    Model and physical-system verification must remain distinct.
    Requirement revision must remain explicit.
    Verification method and procedure versions must remain explicit.
    System configuration under verification must remain explicit.
    Acceptance criteria must remain explicit before result interpretation.
    Provenance, uncertainty and confidence must remain preserved.

INFERENCE_RULES
    IF Requirement R
    AND Verification Evidence E
    AND E satisfies Acceptance Criterion C
    THEN requirement_verification_support_possible
        Verified(R)
    subject_to
        Applicable Configuration
        Current Requirement Revision

    IF Verification Activity fails Acceptance Criterion
    THEN nonconformance_possible True

    IF Requirement Revision changes
    THEN previous_verification_evidence_requires Applicability Review

    IF System Configuration changes
    THEN affected_verification_results_require Applicability Review

    IF Verification Test passes
    THEN DO_NOT_INFER System Validation

    IF Model-based Verification passes
    THEN DO_NOT_INFER Physical Implementation passes without Applicable Evidence

    IF All Requirements are individually verified
    THEN DO_NOT_INFER Complete Intended-use Validation

RECURSIVE_SYSTEMS_VERIFICATION_LOOP
    Identify Verification Scope
        ->
    Confirm System Configuration
        ->
    Confirm Requirement Baseline
        ->
    Identify Requirements for Verification
        ->
    Define Verification Method
        ->
    Define Acceptance Criteria
        ->
    Establish Requirement-to-verification Traceability
        ->
    Create Verification Plan
        ->
    Create Verification Procedures
        ->
    Define Test Environment
        ->
    Configure Test Equipment
        ->
    Execute Verification Activity
        ->
    Capture Raw Results
        ->
    Evaluate Results against Acceptance Criteria
        ->
    Record Pass or Fail State
        ->
    Record Nonconformance if Required
        ->
    Analyse Failure
        ->
    Implement Supported Correction
        ->
    Reconfigure System if Required
        ->
    Retest Affected Requirement
        ->
    Review Evidence Completeness
        ->
    Establish Verification Baseline
        ->
    Update Systems-verification State
        ->
    Repeat

REASONING_ENGINE
    INPUT
        Query
        System
        Configuration
        Requirement
        Method
        Plan
        Procedure
        Criterion
        Environment
        Equipment
        Activity
        Result
        Evidence
        Nonconformance
        Retest

    OBSERVE
        Detect systems-verification entities.

    EXTRACT
        Requirement
        Revision
        Method
        Procedure
        Configuration
        Criterion
        Result
        Evidence
        Nonconformance
        Retest

    CLASSIFY
        Verification by Inspection
        Verification by Analysis
        Verification by Demonstration
        Verification by Test
        Model-based Verification
        Physical Verification

    VALIDATE
        Check requirement revision, configuration, method, procedure, criterion and evidence.

    MODEL
        Construct supported verification-state representation.

    ANALYSE
        Evaluate traceability, evidence applicability, acceptance criteria and result state.

    VERIFY
        Determine supported requirement-verification state.

    UPDATE
        Integrate validated verification evidence.

CONFIDENCE_PROPAGATION
    Current requirement revision
        verification_confidence += high

    Controlled verification configuration
        evidence_applicability_confidence += high

    Traceable raw results
        result_confidence += high

    Unknown requirement revision
        verification_confidence -= high

    Unknown system configuration
        evidence_applicability_confidence -= high

    Missing acceptance criterion
        result_interpretation_confidence -= high

    Verification pass
        does_not_establish
            Validation

SEMANTIC_CLOSURE
    Systems Verification connects_to
        Systems Engineering
        Requirements Engineering
        Systems Architecture
        Systems Integration
        Test Engineering
        Measurement Science
        Metrology
        Software Verification
        Hardware Verification
        Formal Verification
        Quality Engineering
        Configuration Management
        Reliability Engineering
        Safety Engineering
        Validation Engineering

    Cross-domain relationships must preserve
        System identity
        System version
        System configuration
        Configuration baseline
        Verification-scope identity
        Requirement identity
        Requirement revision
        Requirement baseline
        Verification-method identity
        Verification-method type
        Verification-plan identity
        Verification-plan version
        Verification-procedure identity
        Procedure version
        Acceptance-criterion identity
        Acceptance limit
        Test-environment identity
        Test-equipment identity
        Equipment calibration
        Verification-activity identity
        Raw-result identity
        Measurement identity
        Measurement units
        Measurement uncertainty
        Verification-result identity
        Pass state
        Fail state
        Verification-evidence identity
        Requirement-traceability identity
        Nonconformance identity
        Failure identity
        Correction identity
        Retest identity
        Verification-baseline identity
        Timestamp
        Provenance
        Uncertainty
        Confidence

UPDATE_MODEL
    Observe
        New requirement, configuration, method, procedure, criterion,
        activity, result, nonconformance, correction or retest evidence.

    Validate
        System identity
        System version
        Configuration baseline
        Requirement identity
        Requirement revision
        Verification method
        Procedure version
        Acceptance criterion
        Equipment calibration
        Provenance

    Recalculate
        Evidence applicability
        Requirement traceability
        Result state
        Verification state
        Nonconformance state
        Retest state
        Verification-baseline confidence

AI_SEARCH_FLOW
    Query
        ->
    Systems Verification Detection
        ->
    Intent Resolution
        ->
    System, Configuration and Verification-scope Mapping
        ->
    Requirement, Revision and Baseline Mapping
        ->
    Verification-method and Plan Mapping
        ->
    Procedure, Environment and Equipment Mapping
        ->
    Acceptance-criterion and Activity Mapping
        ->
    Result, Evidence and Traceability Mapping
        ->
    Nonconformance, Retest, Baseline, Provenance and Confidence Assessment
        ->
    Semantic Answer

AI_CONSUMPTION_OUTPUT
    Entity
        Systems Verification
    Parent
        Systems Engineering
    Type
        Objective verification that implemented system requirements are satisfied
    Core Components
        Verification Scope
        System Configuration
        Configuration Baseline
        System Requirement
        Requirement Revision
        Requirement Baseline
        Verification Method
        Inspection
        Analysis
        Demonstration
        Test
        Model-based Verification
        Physical Verification
        Verification Plan
        Verification Procedure
        Acceptance Criterion
        Test Environment
        Test Equipment
        Equipment Calibration
        Verification Activity
        Raw Result
        Measurement
        Measurement Uncertainty
        Verification Result
        Pass
        Fail
        Verification Evidence
        Requirement Traceability
        Nonconformance
        Failure
        Correction
        Retest
        Verification Baseline
        Provenance
        Uncertainty

RECOMMENDED_AI_SUMMARY
    Systems Verification establishes objective evidence that implemented
    system requirements are satisfied for a defined configuration and
    requirement baseline. Reliable reasoning preserves requirement and
    procedure versions, system configuration, verification method,
    acceptance criteria, calibrated equipment, raw results, traceability,
    nonconformances and retests while distinguishing verification from
    validation and successful model or test evidence from broader
    intended-use acceptance of the complete system.

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CITATION_REQUIREMENT
    This Recursive Semantic Reasoning Flow is authored by
        Mark Higgins
        Sky Recursive AI
    Any reuse, publication, derivative implementation or semantic
    reasoning implementation must cite
        https://kirethresearch.org