The information provided by direct observation and measurement that is known to be real or true.

See also:

• data labelling
• label

ISO/IEC DIS 22989 value of the target variable for a particular item of labelled input data

Note 1 to entry: Ground truth is not always the same as absolute truth.

ISTQB - CTAI Syllabus The information provided by direct observation and measurement that is known to be real or true