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Explanation Refresher
Software componentExperienceExperience & Human Oversightarc:ExplanationRefresher
A component that regenerates a decision explanation when new evidence, feedback, policy changes or corrected data arrive, time-stamping each version and flagging stale explanations.
Responsibility. Keeps displayed explanations current as underlying information changes.
Also known as: Dynamic explanation, Staleness warning
Relationships
reads dependency
writes dependency
is triggered by dynamic
sends data to dynamic
Design guidance
- SHOULD update explanations in real time for long-running decisions and preserve a time-stamped history of how reasoning evolved.
Classification
- Patterns
- Dynamic explanation updatingTime-stamped explanation history
- Quality attributes
- Functional suitability: correctness and validity (ISO/IEC 25010 | NIST AI RMF: valid)Transparency and accountability (NIST AI RMF: accountable and transparent)
- Risks mitigated
- Stale explanations (static explanation assumption)
Sources
- Ch10.5: T. Nguyen, "Human-over-the-Loop," in Mastering Agentic AI Systems: Guide for the NVIDIA NCP-AAI Exam, 1st ed. 2026, ch. 10.5. ISBN: 9798244538229.