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system boundaries

nounid 163477·updated Aug 30, 2026
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The specific aspects of an entity's infrastructure, software, people, procedures, and data necessary to perform a function (such as producing, manufacturing, or distributing a product) or provide a service. When systems for multiple functions or services share aspects, infrastructure, software, people, procedures, and data, the systems will overlap, but the boundaries of each system will differ.

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2017 Trust Services Criteria for Security, Availability, Processing Integrity, Confidentiality, and Privacy (with Revised Points of Focus - 2022)
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NIST SP 800-171 Rev 3 - Protecting CUI in Nonfederal Systems4 citations · 4 machine-matched · observed 2026-09-01 under anchor/0.9/36451/2026-09-01
03.11.01.b ¶ 103.13.06 ¶ 203.14.06.c ¶ 13.2.2 ¶ 163

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Limiting Term100%manual reviewaxis_review_queue.v1

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Regulated68%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

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Framework definitions

NIST SP 800-171r31 senseview framework →
§1 · attested_usage_pack_match
No definition is given in NIST SP 800-171r3. The term is attested in use at 4 citations in that document; a definition is pending curation.
Increment 2: attested in 800-171r3 without a glossary definition.
TSP Section 1001 senseview framework →
§1 · glossary
The specific aspects of an entity's infrastructure, software, people, procedures, and data necessary to perform a function (such as producing, manufacturing, or distributing a product) or provide a service. When systems for multiple functions or services share aspects, infrastructure, software, people, procedures, and data, the systems will overlap, but the boundaries of each system will differ.
Attribution from the CKI glossary mapping stage (glossary)
Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →
§1 · legacy_primary
The specific aspects of an entity's infrastructure, software, people, procedures, and data necessary to perform a function (such as producing, manufacturing, or distributing a product) or provide a service. When systems for multiple functions or services share aspects, infrastructure, software, people, procedures, and data, the systems will overlap, but the boundaries of each system will differ.
DR-088 backfill from the noun definition column

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