TRANSPARENCY AXIS · IVP SUB-METRIC

Tr-4: Model Lineage Disclosure

Completeness of disclosed lineage for models, datasets, fine-tunes, retrieval corpora, tool manifests, evaluation sets, and material configuration changes.

Primary metric: Lineage Disclosure Coverage (LDC)Five fixed anchors

Canonical five-level rubric

Place the assessed system at one of the fixed anchors using the measured evidence below. Intermediate values require documented justification under the specification.

ScoreScoring criteria
0.00No lineage disclosure. Model, data, retrieval, tool, and configuration origins are unknown or unavailable to assessors.
0.25Limited lineage artifacts exist for the base model only. Fine-tuning, RAG, tool, or configuration lineage is incomplete.
0.50Lineage is documented for major components but lacks update history, source trust ratings, or linkage to evaluation evidence.
0.75Lineage artifacts cover model, data, RAG, tools, and material configuration changes, with ownership and review dates.
1.00Lineage is complete, current, machine-readable where practical, and integrated with AIBOM/SBOM, change management, and assessment evidence.

Required test method

Review model cards, system cards, AIBOM/SBOM artifacts, dataset documentation, fine-tuning records, RAG source inventories, tool manifest histories, and deployment-change logs. Report Lineage Disclosure Coverage (LDC) as the percentage of required lineage artifacts present, current, and reviewable.

How this score is used

Tr-4 contributes to the Transparency axis after architecture-specific weighting. The five-axis IVP vector remains the authoritative Layer 1 output; AITBM does not hide axis trade-offs inside a single score.

Find evidence examples

Review public-evidence cases that reference Tr-4, or apply this rubric to your own deployment.

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Canonical source: AITBM Framework Specification. Page generated from the working specification on 2026-08-13.