Section 6 of 103
5. Controlled Engineering Language
Stable section ID: S05-CON-015-SECTION-6 · 11 content blocks
Controlled Engineering Language is the governed subset of language used to communicate System05 engineering meaning with sufficient precision for consistent human and computational interpretation.
Controlled Engineering Language shall promote:
one preferred term for each principal concept;
one principal meaning for each unqualified preferred term;
explicit scope qualifiers where meanings differ;
consistent normative verbs;
defined relationships among related concepts;
traceable abbreviations, symbols, units, and identifiers;
sentence structures suitable for translation and machine processing.
Normative statements should use direct, complete, and testable language. Unnecessary metaphors, rhetorical expressions, undefined pronouns, hidden assumptions, vague comparatives, and context-dependent shorthand should be avoided.
Controlled language does not require all documents to use identical sentence structures. It requires different expressions to preserve the same approved engineering meaning.