AI Glossary
The complete dictionary of Artificial Intelligence
Citation Tracing
Systematic mechanism for tracking and documenting the traceability of information sources used by a RAG system to generate its responses.
Source Attribution
Process of identifying and explicitly assigning specific documents or passages that contributed to the generation of each part of the response.
Reference Linking
Technique establishing direct and navigable links between generated content segments and their original documentary sources.
Provenance Tracking
Complete system for tracking data origin, including metadata and transformation chain, from source to final output.
Evidence Grounding
Anchoring generated statements in tangible and verifiable evidence from the referenced knowledge corpus.
Document Retrieval
Initial RAG phase consisting of identifying and extracting relevant documents from the knowledge base to contextualize generation.
Passage Ranking
Algorithm for ranking retrieved document excerpts according to their relevance and reliability for answering the specific query.
Source Verification
Process of validating the authenticity and credibility of cited sources to guarantee the reliability of generated information.
Citation Chain
Ordered sequence of interconnected references showing the logical flow of information from primary sources to the final response.
Evidence Scoring
Quantitative evaluation of the strength and relevance of each cited evidence to support the system-generated claims.
Reference Graph
Graph structure representing the relationships between different cited sources and their relative contribution to the generated response.
Attribution Mapping
Precise mapping between each segment of the generated response and the specific sources that inspired or confirmed this content.
Source Confidence
Metric assessing the confidence level assigned to each cited source based on its reliability, freshness, and contextual relevance.
Citation Validation
Automatic verification of the consistency between generated claims and the exact content of cited sources to avoid distortions.
Evidence Extraction
Automatic identification of relevant segments in source documents that serve as direct evidence for generated assertions.
Reference Disambiguation
Process of resolving ambiguities when multiple potentially contradictory sources could support the same claim.
Source Corroboration
Cross-verification between multiple independent sources to validate and strengthen the credibility of the information presented.
Citation Fingerprinting
Unique citation identification technique using digital fingerprinting enabling precise traceability and anti-plagiarism.