Release notes

What has changed

From v1.0 in January to v1.4 in October 2026: the main changes to the book, the model and the working files per release.

v1.4 October 2026
Current version

Content release: evaluation governance, 26 failure modes and 12 templates

  • Evaluation governance as a new section in KA6 (§6.14)
  • Six quality dimensions and an indicative autonomy scale
  • First 90 days per knowledge area and an entry block per role
  • 12 templates, including 7 new blank templates
  • Interface with the CISO worked out, without a new role
  • Candidate pattern for federated mandate and evidence assurance (non-normative)
  • Four new failure modes FM23 to FM26, 26 in total
  • Harmonised standard EN 18286 and the latest Omnibus updates incorporated
  • New cover and layout, with 10 pt body text
v1.3 September 2026

Correction and update: 22 roles, 4 planes, Digital Omnibus

  • Two adoption roles: AI Ambassador (Role 21) and AI Prompting & Agents Specialist (Role 22); RACI 22x13 corrected with exactly one accountable role per knowledge area
  • Four architecture planes: the management plane alongside the data, control and cognition planes
  • Digital Omnibus (Regulation (EU) 2026/1744) incorporated: application timeline, Article 4 as a duty to take measures, Article 73 reporting deadlines, FRIA scope; verified against the consolidated regulation text
  • New: GPAI obligations (art. 53-55), Article 50 transparency, MCP/A2A governance, evaluation gates in CI/CD, knowledge-chain security
  • Dutch edition at full parity: failure-mode catalogue, regulatory traceability and evidence rubric fully translated
  • Eleven role-based reading paths (auditor and supervisor, works council and AI Agent Governor added)
  • Consistency tooling: book, figures, ArchiMate model and SemanticXL pack are validated from one canonical source
v1.2 June 2026

Integration + parity: KA13, Role 20, 22 FMs

  • KA13 AI Literacy & Capability Development integrated into canonical Module 1 (EU AI Act Article 4)
  • Role 20 AI Literacy Officer (Article 4 evidence file owner)
  • 6 operational/cyber-physical failure modes (FM17-FM22) added, 22 patterns in total
  • 5 standalone addenda integrated as Module 3 sub-sections (3.3.8-3.3.9, 3.4.9, 3.6.7-3.6.8)
  • Role-based reading paths (8 paths) + Minimum Viable Governance profile (MVG-7)
  • NL + EN at full parity for the first time since v1.0
  • Open ArchiMate model expanded to 52 views; 1066 relations
  • SemanticXL pack ai-bok-1.2 (112 reference claims + 4 guardrails)
v1.1 April 2026

Depth: agentic AI + regulation

  • Cognition plane as architectural integration layer (Mandate, NHI lifecycle, Authority Register, Policy-as-code, Escalation)
  • 16 agentic AI failure modes (FM01-FM16) with cognition-plane binding
  • Regulatory traceability matrix across 9 jurisdictions (EU AI Act, NIS2, NIST, ISO 42001/23894/38507, VNG, BZK, US state laws)
  • Maturity evidence rubric (D/M/L per KA x level, with inter-assessor protocol)
  • Operational + cyber-physical addendum (three-tier device/edge/centre)
v1.0 January 2026

Foundation: 12 knowledge areas + 19 roles

  • 12 knowledge areas (KA1 to KA12) as canonical decomposition
  • 19 roles distributed across 4 governance levels
  • 8-phase lifecycle (from ideation to decommissioning)
  • 10 metamodel entities + 5-level maturity model
  • Open ArchiMate 3.2 reference model with 48 views

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