Compliance Glossary¶

Why This Exists¶

This glossary defines Compliance Domain terms.

The owner is the Chief Product Officer and Enterprise Architect.

Precise terminology supports compliance readiness, verification, expiry monitoring, risk management, AI suggestions, and cross-domain collaboration.

Term	Definition
Compliance Domain	Domain responsible for procurement readiness, requirements, documents, expiry, verification, readiness scoring, and risk.
Compliance Profile	Organization-bound compliance state and summary.
Compliance Requirement	Requirement that must be satisfied for readiness or a tender.
Tender Compliance Requirement	Requirement specific to a procurement opportunity or tender.
Compliance Document	Document used as compliance evidence.
Compliance Evidence	Evidence linked to a compliance requirement.
Verification Record	Record of review and verification outcome.
Procurement Readiness Score	Score representing compliance readiness.
Compliance Risk	Risk caused by missing, expired, weak, conflicting, or unverified evidence.
Compliance Gap	Missing or insufficient compliance coverage.
SARS	South African Revenue Service context, commonly relevant to tax compliance.
CIPC	Companies and Intellectual Property Commission context, commonly relevant to company registration evidence.
CSD	Central Supplier Database context, commonly relevant to public procurement supplier status.
CIDB	Construction Industry Development Board context, relevant to construction procurement.
COIDA	Compensation for Occupational Injuries and Diseases Act context where required.
B-BBEE	Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment evidence and level context.
AI Compliance Suggestion	Intelligence-generated suggestion requiring Compliance review before it changes state.

Organization identity terms are defined in the Organization Domain.
Intelligence suggestion and confidence terms are defined in the Intelligence Domain.
Compliance-specific readiness and risk terms are owned here.