System Card

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A system-level document extending model cards to a deployed AI system, describing how component models, datasets, guardrails and humans interact, including conflict handling, degradation behavior and the human-AI decision model.

Responsibility. Documents emergent behavior and interactions of a multi-component AI system.

Also known as: System-level documentation

Direct neighbourhood (hover for relationship types)

Relationships

receives data from dynamic

sends data to dynamic

Transparency Report Ch9.8

is evaluated by assurance

AI Documentation Reviewer Ch9.8

Design guidance

SHOULD describe what happens when component recommendations diverge and when the system degrades.
SHOULD state where humans decide versus accept system recommendations.

Classification

Quality attributes: Transparency and accountability (NIST AI RMF: accountable and transparent)
Risks mitigated: Cascading failures undocumented at component boundariesConflicting guardrails
Frameworks & regulations: ISO/IEC 42001 Annex A: transparency controlsEU AI Act: technical documentation

Sources

Ch9.8: T. Nguyen, "Standards and Frameworks for AI Governance," in Mastering Agentic AI Systems: Guide for the NVIDIA NCP-AAI Exam, 1st ed. 2026, ch. 9.8. ISBN: 9798244538229.