# Explainability

Record: `arch:explainability`
Kind: quality-attribute
Layer: [Correctness Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/correctness-core.md)
Severity: contextual/mandatory in regulated domains
Scope: model, model-backed system, decision flow
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology#arch-explainability

## Repair

- Refactored by: Add Explanation Layer, Add Evidence Trace
- Detected by: missing rationale/feature attribution/citations
- Violated by: consequential model decisions without explanation/evidence
- Measured by: explanation coverage/quality
- Enforced by: model governance gates

## requires

- [Traceability](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/traceability.md)
- [Rationale/Evidence](https://banes-lab.com/records/lex/rationale-evidence.md)

## reinforces

- [Governance](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/governance.md)
- [Trust](https://banes-lab.com/records/lex/trust.md)

## enables

- [Audit and Debugging](https://banes-lab.com/records/lex/audit-and-debugging.md)

## conflicts-with

- [Opaque Black-Box Decisions](https://banes-lab.com/records/lex/opaque-black-box-decisions.md)

## tensions-with

- [Model Complexity](https://banes-lab.com/records/lex/model-complexity.md)

## tensions

- [Explainability Model Complexity](https://banes-lab.com/records/tension/explainability-model-complexity.md)

## referenced-by

- [Artificial Intelligence Architecture](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/artificial-intelligence-architecture.md)
- [Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/retrieval-augmented-generation.md)
- [Knowledge Graphs](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/knowledge-graphs.md)
- [Agentic Architecture](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/agentic-architecture.md)