'''Goal structuring notation''' is a graphical argument used to document and present proof that [[Safety engineering|safety]] goals have been achieved, in a clearer format than plain text.<ref name="GeRijoPaige2012">{{cite journal | last1 = Ge, | first1 = Xiaocheng ''et| al''last2 (2012),= "[https://wwwRijo | first2 = Rui | last3 = Paige | first3 = Richard F.sciencedirect | last4 = Kelly | first4 = Tim P.com/science/article/pii/S2212017312005075 | last5 = McDermid | first5 = John A. | title = Introducing Goal Structuring Notation to Explain Decisions in Clinical Practice],"''| journal = Procedia Technology''vol| date = 2012 | volume = 5,p686| pages = 686–695 | issn = 2212-6950173 | doi = 10.1016/j.protcy.2012.09.076 Retrieved| Junepmid 21,= 2018| url = }}</ref> The notation is a diagram that builds its [[safety case]] through logic-based maps.<ref name="RichBlanchardMcCloskey2007">{{citation | last1 = Rich, | first1 = K.jJ.nN.c,''et| al''last2 (October= 22,Blanchard 2007),| "[https://ieeexplorefirst2 = H.ieee | last3 = McCloskey | first3 = J.org/document/4399936/ | title = The Useuse of Goalgoal Structuringstructuring Notationnotation as a Methodmethod for Ensuringensuring that Humanhuman Factorsfactors is Representedrepresented in a Safetysafety Casecase ],"| ''IEEEdate Xplore''= 2007 | publisher = IEE | doi = 10.1049/cp:20070467 Retrieved| Juneurl 21,= 2018}}</ref> Originally developed at the University of York during the 1990s,<ref>{{cite book |author=The Assurance Case Working Group (January|date=May 2018),2021 "[|url=https://scsc.uk/r141B:1 |title=Goal Structuring Notation Community Standard Version 2]," Retrieved June3 25, 2018|isbn=979-8451294949}}</ref> it gained popularity in 2012 and has been used to track safety assurances in industries such as traffic management and nuclear power.<ref name="Spriggs2012">{{cite book |last=Spriggs, |first=John (2012), ''[https://www.springer.com/us/book/9781447123118 |title=GSN - The Goal Structuring Notation]''.Retrieved|date=2012 June|publisher=Springer 21,London 2018|doi=10.1007/978-1-4471-2312-5 |url=https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-1-4471-2312-5}}</ref> By 2014, it had become the standard{{cn|date=February 2022}} format for graphic documentation of safety cases and was being used in other contexts such as [[patent claim]]s, [[ Debate team|debate strategy]], and legal arguments.<ref>{{cite web |last=Cabot, |first=Jordi (February |date=12, February 2014),"[|url=https://modeling-languages.com/goal-structuring-notation-introduction/ |title=Goal Structuring Notation – a short introduction],"''|website=Modeling Languages''.Retrieved|access-date=21 June 21, 2018}}</ref>
