Rule Model Foundations

Traceability Matrix

Traceability maps source phrases to model fields. Honesty note: simplified toy rule-modeling workflow, corpus-light with no neochart dependency; the pinned first step carries the full honesty note.

highlighted = computed this step

Rule model honesty note

Honesty note: simplified toy rule-modeling workflow; corpus-light and no neochart dependency; jurisdictions and interpretations vary; as of June 24, 2026; not legal advice; code encodes a stated interpretation workflow, not the law itself.

rule model as of June24,2026\text{rule model as of }June 24, 2026

Map phrases to fields

The stated process links each source phrase to the model field it generated.

phrase to field\text{phrase to field}

Example traceability packet

The toy graph links age phrase to age field, residency phrase to residency field, and unless phrase to exclusion flag field.

three phrase mappings\text{three phrase mappings}

The graph recomputes links

The traceability graph has 6 nodes and 3 phrase-to-field edges.

nodes=6,edges=3\text{nodes}=6,\quad \text{edges}=3

Diagram note

The diagram is a phrase-to-field graph. It does not prove that the field extraction is the only possible interpretation.

traceability graph only\text{traceability graph only}

Jurisdiction: US; as of 2026-06-24; not legal advice; Code encodes a stated interpretation workflow, not the law itself.

Traceability matrixphrase_age->field_age definesphrase_residency->field_residency definesphrase_exception->field_exception definesSource phrase ageid phrase_age in0 out1 deg1 reach1Source phrase unlessid phrase_exception in0 out1 deg1 reach1Source phrase residencyid phrase_residency in0 out1 deg1 reach1Field age yearsid field_age in1 out0 deg1 reach0Field exclusion flagid field_exception in1 out0 deg1 reach0Field residency scopeid field_residency in1 out0 deg1 reach0

Summary

Traceability makes model review easier because each field keeps its prose-source link.

field source link\text{field source link}