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Vol. I · No. 251
Mon · 8 Jun
A Daily Lexicon of Trustworthy Data
The Lexicon

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model registry

/ˈmɒdəl ˈrɛdʒɪstri/ - n.

1 [colloq.] A list of every model in production except the three a team is quietly running from a notebook.Keep. Punchy.This is the problem.

Working definition

2. A catalog of model versions with their lineage, metrics, approvals, and deployment status.

Filed
See also
  • inferenceThe part priced per call, unlike the definitions it relies on, which are free and missing.
  • mlopsThe operating discipline a model needs, requested only after the model is already in production.
  • model cardThe honest paragraph about limitations that the deployment slide forgot to copy across.
  • shadow aiThe actual deployment, running one floor below the AI strategy describing it.