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Quark Trace

v0.1.0 — Pre-public

A Python library for structured ML experiment traceability — because accountability in machine learning begins at the artifact level.

Research PillarGovernance & Human Oversight

Current Phase

Architecture
v0.1.0 — Foundational Release
PyPI Publication
v0.x — Active Development
Stable Public API

Architecture complete. PyPI release pending.

Architecture

FactSheet
Declares the metadata contract for a single experiment
TraceRecord
Captures a single logged event with timestamp and payload
TraceLog
Ordered collection of TraceRecords for a given run
JsonBackend
Persists and retrieves logs to/from the local filesystem
Project
Primary entry point — coordinates FactSheet, TraceLog, and backend
Exception hierarchy
Typed error surface: QuarkTraceError, BackendError, SchemaError

Installation

pip install quark-trace

PyPI release forthcoming. Install from source in the interim.