Pipeline

How CitableEngine Works

Nine stages turn raw information into structured knowledge with evidence, provenance, and relationships attached.

1. Ingest

Business Records, websites, documents, structured data, approved sources.

2. Resolve

Identify entities. Match information to Records.

3. Extract

Convert information into structured facts.

4. Verify

Compare facts with supporting evidence.

5. Provenance

Track where information originated.

6. Score

Evaluate completeness, evidence, freshness, and structure.

7. Connect

Create relationships between entities.

8. Publish

Create machine-readable citable knowledge.

9. Distribute

Make information available to authorized surfaces and systems.

Distribution here means making information available to authorized surfaces and systems. CitableEngine does not currently publish to, control, or guarantee citations from any third-party AI or search platform.

Change Propagation

What happens when information changes.

A Record change is evaluated, matched, evidenced, and re-scored before anything downstream sees it.

Business Record Change Detected

New service: Commercial Snow Removal

Citable Engine

  • Evaluate information
  • Identify entity
  • Check evidence
  • Update provenance
  • Update structured fact

Citable Record Updated

Fact state, confidence, and timestamps revised.

Available to Authorized Surfaces

  • Website
  • Local Flow
  • Marketplace
  • AI
  • Agent
  • Search
Connects naturally to TheUSAFlow.com — the change layer.

Internet of Record

Part of a larger architecture.

These are not unrelated websites. They are components and experiments within one architecture, each with a distinct role.

  1. InternetOfRecord.comThe thesis.
  2. BusinessRecordOS.comThe authoritative Record.
  3. CitableEngineThe evidence and citability layer.
  4. TheLocalGraph.comThe relationship layer.
  5. TheUSAFlow.comThe change / activity layer.
  6. TheLocalSurfaces.comThe experience layer.
  7. LocalWebMCP.comThe agent-access layer.
  8. TheLocalInternet.comThe broader local ecosystem.