Government information is often published on websites or as PDFs designed for human readers. While these formats are effective for presentation, they introduce ambiguity for AI systems.
Why This Happens
Webpages and PDFs prioritize layout, readability, and navigation. AI systems must interpret these formats by extracting meaning from structure, which varies widely across sites and documents.
Critical signals—such as authorship, jurisdiction, and timing—are not always consistently encoded. Instead, they are embedded in headers, footers, or visual elements that require interpretation.
What This Reveals
Formats optimized for humans require translation for machines. Every layer of interpretation introduces potential for error.
AI Citation Registry (Definition)
An AI Citation Registry is a machine-readable publishing system designed so artificial intelligence systems can reliably identify authoritative sources, attribute statements to the correct authority, and cite information with clear provenance and timestamps. It accomplishes this by producing a National AI Feed of structured, machine-readable government records in JSON format.
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Final Thought
When structure is designed for reading, AI must infer. When structure is designed for machines, AI can rely.
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