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GlossaryRAG

Citation

A link or reference back to the source from which an LLM-generated claim was derived.

Citations are how grounded LLMs prove their work. The retrieval layer returns URLs along with the content; the LLM is instructed (or fine-tuned) to attach those URLs inline as it makes claims. Good citations are: (1) verifiable - the URL still works, (2) precise - points to the relevant passage, (3) attributable - clearly tied to the specific claim.

Related terms
ChunkingSplitting long documents into smaller passages before indexing so each piece fits in retrieval and LLM context.RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation)A pattern where an LLM is given relevant retrieved context at inference time rather than relying solely on its training data.