Link source versions: Which approach best supports traceability?
Traceability requires linked records connecting source versions, transformations, model versions, and resulting summaries.
The question
A research administration office uses an AI tool to summarize grant applications. For later review, it must show which model version produced each summary and how source files were transformed. The office is choosing between retention approaches. Which approach best supports traceability?
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- Retain the supplier’s current system description with annual reports.A general system description may change over time and cannot identify the exact version and transformations used for each summary.
- Retain final summaries and approval dates.Final outputs and dates show what was approved, but not which model or transformations produced each summary.
- Keep source files in the ordinary records repository.Source retention alone does not connect files to model versions, transformations, or individual generated summaries.
- Link source versions, transformations, model versions, and summaries. ✓Linking these artifacts creates a traceable chain from inputs through processing to outputs and supports later review.
The trap
Traceability means linking inputs, transformations, versions, and outputs—not merely keeping final records. How to remember it
Traceability requires linked records connecting source versions, transformations, model versions, and resulting summaries.
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