ASME V&V 40 · NASA-STD-7009B · ISO 42001 · Open source · Apache-2.0

Unit of Assurance (UofA)

An open-source way to package model credibility evidence — for simulations and AI systems — so a reviewer can verify it without reading 200 pages of prose.

Vishnu Vettrivel · Doctoral Candidate, Systems Engineering, George Washington University

The problem

Reviewers don't reject your simulation. They reject your evidence package. Standards tell you what to assess. Your tools capture what ran. Neither captures why you believe it, and that's where submissions stall.

C1 · PACKAGES

Decisions as artifacts

Your credibility evidence becomes a portable, signed object you hand a reviewer. Ed25519 + SHA-256. Tool-independent. Tamper-evident.

C2 · DETECTS GAPS

A rule engine for weakeners

Forward-chaining rules catch missing UQ and unsupported claims. Surfaces compound risks no standalone SPARQL query can find.

C3 · COMPARES

Two contexts of use, side by side

When the bar moves, see exactly which factor moved with it. Diff one COU against another in 30 seconds.

uofa rules morrison/cou2
$ uofa rules morrison/cou2.jsonld

══════════════════════════════════
  Weakener Detection Report
══════════════════════════════════

SUMMARY: 18 weakeners detected
──────────────────────────────────
  Critical:  9
  High:      7
  Medium:    2

⚡ W-PROV-01   [Crit]   7 hits
⚡ COMPOUND-01 [Crit]   2 hits
⚠ W-EP-04     [High]   6 hits
⚠ W-ON-02     [High]   1 hit
⚠ W-AL-02     [Med]    1 hit
⚠ W-CON-04    [Med]    1 hit

──────────────────────────────────
⚡ 2 compound inferences — chained,
  not detectable by standalone SPARQL.

Why it might fit you

Works in medical device (ASME V&V 40), aerospace (NASA-STD-7009B), and AI management systems (ISO 42001) today. Runs locally, so evidence never leaves your environment. Sits alongside your PLM, SPDM, or model registry — it doesn't replace them.

Zero install

codespaces.new/
cloudronin/uofa

On your machine

pip install uofa
uofa setup

Worked example

uofa.net/demo

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