Glossary

Accessibility means that digital products, documents and services are usable for everyone, including people with visual, auditory, motor or cognitive disabilities.

The AI Act is the EU regulation that regulates AI systems based on risk. High-risk AI systems must meet strict requirements for transparency, accuracy and human oversight.

Algorithmic transparency refers to the extent to which the operation of an AI system is explainable and verifiable. It includes insight into how input is processed into output and which factors influence decisions.

Compliance is adherence to legal rules, industry standards and internal policies by an organization. It includes both meeting requirements and being able to demonstrate that you do so.

Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive is the EU directive that requires companies to report extensively on sustainability. The directive replaces the NFRD and applies from 2024 for large listed companies.

A design system is a collection of reusable components, patterns, guidelines and design tokens that ensure consistent and efficient design across different products and platforms.

Design tokens are the smallest design decisions of a system, translated into reusable variables like colors, font sizes, spacing and animation parameters, ensuring consistency across platforms.

Double materiality is the principle whereby companies must report on both how sustainability aspects affect their financial performance (financial materiality) and how their activities affect people and the environment (impact materiality).

Due diligence is the process by which companies systematically investigate the negative impacts of their activities and supply chain on human rights and the environment. Under the CSRD, companies must actively report on this.

European Sustainability Reporting Standards are the mandatory reporting standards for sustainability information under the CSRD. These standards specify what information companies must report about their impact on people, environment and society.

The EU Taxonomy is a classification system that determines which economic activities are considered sustainable. It provides companies and investors with clear criteria to prevent greenwashing.

Information architecture is the structuring and organization of information in a way that helps users quickly find what they need and understand the relationships between different parts.

Legal design is a methodology that applies design principles to legal communication to make it more comprehensible, accessible and user-friendly for non-lawyers.

Machine learning is a branch of AI where systems learn from data without being explicitly programmed. Models detect patterns in training data and use these to make predictions.

Model validation is the process of testing and verifying that an AI model performs accurately and reliably according to predefined criteria. It includes evaluating metrics such as accuracy, precision, recall and fairness.

A Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) or confidentiality agreement is a legal contract where parties agree to keep confidential information secret and not share it with third parties.

Plain language is a writing style where complex information is communicated in clear, understandable language without unnecessary legal jargon, so the reader understands the message immediately.

Software as a Service (SaaS) is a software licensing model where applications are offered via the internet on a subscription basis, without users having to install the software locally.

A stakeholder is a person or group that has an interest in or influence on a project, product or organization. In legal design context, these are all parties who work with or are affected by legal content.

Training data is the dataset used to train a machine learning model. The quality, representativeness and potential bias in training data largely determine the performance and fairness of the resulting AI system.

Visual hierarchy is the arrangement of design elements based on their importance, using size, color, contrast and position to guide the reader through information in the desired order.