Freshness
Documents and records have a known source and update path.
A language model can sound confident while missing the source. A useful knowledge system retrieves relevant material, preserves provenance and gives people a way to inspect the answer.
RAG work is not simply “upload documents.” It involves source selection, metadata, chunking, access control, retrieval quality, citations, freshness and how the answer fits the operator’s workflow.
The best system makes uncertainty visible and gives the user a practical next action.
Documents and records have a known source and update path.
People can inspect where the answer came from before acting on it.
Retrieval respects the permissions and sensitivity of the underlying information.