For consistency with the changes introduced in #6281, I would rename: * `model.initial_values` to `rvs_to_initial_values` * `_RV_dims` to `rvs_to_dims` (and loose the underscore prefix, since we don't have any model function to set those?) Having clear consistent mapping names is very helpful for model transformations such as in https://github.com/pymc-devs/pymcx/pull/91 Eventually we might add a helper `model.replace_rv` that takes care of these mappings, but this issue is just about normalizing names :)