Managing AI Governance Relationships

You can associate a record of one AI Governance object with another by creating a relationship between them. Relationships help define how objects and vendor records are linked, providing a more structured representation of your AI Governance inventory.

To create a relationship between records

  1. On the AI Governance menu, select an inventory menu: Projects, AI systems, AI agents, Models, or Datasets.
  2. Select an inventory type.

    The Inventory details screen appears.

  3. Go to the Related tab.
  4. Click the Add relationship button.

    The Create relationship pane appears.

  5. In the Select record and relationship type block, complete the fields to define the relationship.

    Create relationship pane
    Field
    Description
    Source type

    This field defaults to the selected record's type, such as Projects, Models, or Datasets.

    Source record

    This field defaults to the record that you are creating the relationship for.

    Relationship type

    Open the selection field to choose from the defined relationship types. Below are the default options.

    Project reference

    • is referenced in

    • references

    Model source

    • is sourced from

    Model training

    • is trained using

    Model linking

    • linked from

    • linked to

    Model relationship

    • Relates to

    Agent deployer

    • is deployed by

    Agent provider

    • Is provided by

    Assets for agents

    • Utilizes

    Assets for AI

    • Utilizes

    AI system deployer

    • Is a deployer of

    • Is deployed by

    AI system provider

    • Is provided by

    AI system composition

    • Is a component of

    • Is composed of

    Agent linking

    • Linked from

    • Linked to

    For details, see Supported relationships.

    Target type

    Select the target type.

    Target record

    Select from the records available for the target type.

  6. Click the Save button.

    The new relationship appears in the Related tab.


    Related tab

Supported relationships

Use the default relationship types to associate AI Governance inventory records. Each relationship specifies the source and target inventory types and explains when to use it.



Relationship type

Source type

Target type

When to use it

Project reference

Project

AI agent, AI system, Asset, Dataset, Entity, Model, Processing activity, Vendor.

Use to relate a project to the selected inventory record.

AI system composition

AI system

AI agent, AI system, Dataset, Model.

Use to show that an AI system is composed of the selected inventory record.

AI system deployer

AI system

Entity

Use to show which organizational unit or legal party deploys or operates the AI system.

AI system provider

AI system

Vendor

Use to show the external provider associated with the AI system.

Assets for AI

Asset

AI system

Use to show which platform or infrastructure supports the AI system.

Model training

Model

Dataset

Use to capture training, validation, or testing data relationships.

Model source

Model

Vendor

Use to show the external source or provider of the model.

Model linking

Model

Model

Use for lineage, derivation, or related model relationships.

Model relationship

Model

Asset

Use to show the environment or platform associated with the model.

Agent provider

AI agent

Vendor

Use to show the external provider associated with the agent.

Agent deployer

AI Agent

Entity

Use to show the organizational unit or legal party associated with the agent deployment.

Agent linking

AI Agent

Model, AI system, Dataset

Use to show the models, datasets, or other agents that an agent depends on.

Assets for agents

Asset

AI agent

Use this to show which platform or environment supports the agent.

To create relationships with assessments

Users can create a relationship record when completing an assessment that uses a template configured with the Relationship question type.

  1. Configure the template with the Relationship question type by inserting it into an existing section.

    Relationship icon
  2. Define the relationship type this question relates to, then save this template.

    Question builder
  3. When a user completes an assessment, they will be asked to add a relationship to this question.

    Manage relationships

    Manage relationships
  4. When the assessment is submitted, the system creates a relationship record based on the response and links the specified source and target records.

To view the activity history of relationships

  1. On the AI Governance menu, select an inventory menu: Projects, AI systems, AI agents, Models, or Datasets.
  2. Select an inventory type.

    The Inventory details screen appears.

  3. Go to the Related tab.
  4. Hover over the row of a relationship to reveal the Context Menu icon.
  5. Click the icon, then select View activity.

    The Activity screen appears.

To delete a relationship

  1. On the AI Governance menu, select an inventory menu: Projects, AI systems, AI agents, Models, or Datasets.
  2. Select an inventory type. The Inventory details screen appears.

    The Inventory details screen appears.

  3. Go to the Related tab.
  4. Hover over the row of a relationship to reveal the Context Menu icon.
  5. Click the icon, then select Remove.

    The Remove relationship modal appears.

  6. Click the Confirm button.