Principle:Open compass VLMEvalKit Model Registration

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Repo	Vision, Software_Design	2026-02-14 00:00 GMT

Overview

A registration pattern for adding new VLM adapters to the centralized model registry via functools.partial configuration.

Description

After implementing a VLM adapter (BaseModel or BaseAPI subclass), it must be registered in VLMEvalKit's supported_VLM dictionary. This involves three steps:

1. Add the import in the appropriate __init__.py.
2. Create a dictionary entry mapping the model display name to a functools.partial(ModelClass, model_path=..., **kwargs).
3. Add the dictionary to the model_groups list in vlmeval/config.py.

The partial() pre-configures constructor arguments so models can be instantiated uniformly via supported_VLM[name]().

Usage

Required for any newly added VLM adapter. Follow the convention of grouping models into series dictionaries (e.g., minicpm_series, qwen_series).

Theoretical Basis

Service registration pattern. Models register themselves in a central dictionary. The partial() function acts as a factory method, pre-binding constructor arguments while deferring instantiation.

Related Pages

• Implementation:Open_compass_VLMEvalKit_Register_Model_Config