Direct answer
Human Approval Gates, in this definition, is limited to the following inspected scope. Leadership responsibility and defined, assessed, documented human-oversight processes. An approval identity binds action and policy digests, supports approve or deny, and is consumed once. The answer carries the source boundaries forward and does not infer authority from a neighboring topic.
Definition
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Applied scope: Leadership responsibility and defined, assessed, documented human-oversight processes. An approval identity binds action and policy digests, supports approve or deny, and is consumed once.
Definition and operating context
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Evidence and exact locators
Artificial Intelligence Risk Management Framework (AI RMF 1.0) — GOVERN 2.3 and MAP 3.5. Establishes: Leadership responsibility and defined, assessed, documented human-oversight processes.
Governed workflow approval store — approvalIdFor; decide; consume. Establishes: An approval identity binds action and policy digests, supports approve or deny, and is consumed once.
What the evidence does not establish
Voluntary guidance does not require a particular approval UI or prove meaningful human control.
Code-symbol inspection does not prove a human reviewed the evidence or that production enforcement ran.
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What does Human Approval Gates mean in this bounded context?
Human Approval Gates, in this definition, is limited to the following inspected scope. Leadership responsibility and defined, assessed, documented human-oversight processes. An approval identity binds action and policy digests, supports approve or deny, and is consumed once. The answer carries the source boundaries forward and does not infer authority from a neighboring topic.
Which inspected sources support this definition answer?
Artificial Intelligence Risk Management Framework (AI RMF 1.0) (NIST AI 100-1, January 2023), at GOVERN 2.3 and MAP 3.5, supports leadership responsibility and defined, assessed, documented human-oversight processes. Governed workflow approval store (repository source reviewed 2026-09-06), at approvalIdFor; decide; consume, supports an approval identity binds action and policy digests, supports approve or deny, and is consumed once.
What does the evidence not establish?
Voluntary guidance does not require a particular approval UI or prove meaningful human control. Code-symbol inspection does not prove a human reviewed the evidence or that production enforcement ran. Property boundary: This route may apply authority; it cannot redefine or inherit the authority of its canonical owner.
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