Knowledge Base Retrieval for Journal Publication Licensing and Annual Verification: Find Supporting Evidence

Journal Licensing: review retrieval for evidence lookup. Compare the source records, required inputs and downstream results before handing the task over.

What this category's data looks like

This page addresses the business of journal publication licenses and annual verification. The materials include three types: journal publication licenses, annual verification forms, and rectification reports. The journal publication license carries the scope of permission and validity period, the annual verification form carries the annual submission and verification conclusion, and the rectification report carries the problem items and rectification receipt. The three types of materials are updated by year and batch. Fields involve journal name, journal number, sponsoring organization, legal representative, verification year, signature and receipt date. When the materials enter knowledge base retrieval and recall, each is split and indexed as an independent segment, forming a source of basis that can be recalled; the retrieval step is only responsible for extracting candidate segments related to the question together with similarity scores, for subsequent nodes or humans to refer back to the original text accordingly and form basis entries, used to answer parents or write into proposals.

Configuration and implementation checks

This step is executed by the knowledge base retrieval service (retrieval node and search test), outputting candidate segments and similarity scores (after mode, merge, rerank, filter, and upper limit trimming). The basis entries that can refer back to the original text are completed by subsequent nodes or humans.

ObjectCheckVerification action
Journal publication licenseFields include journal name, journal number, sponsoring organization, and validity period; dates and signatures must be consistent with the annual verification formIn the search test, search once each by journal name and journal number, check the fields and dates of the returned candidates, record the number of candidates and scores, and switch searchMode to compare candidate differences among semantic, full-text, and hybrid modes
Annual verification formFields include verification year, verification conclusion, submission date, and signature; the name, quantity, and date of the same record must match the licenseSearch using verification year plus journal name, check whether the candidates cover both the license and the annual verification form records, and compare the ranking of the first few items before and after enabling usingReRank
Rectification reportFields include problem items, rectification measures, receipt date, and signature; the version must be current, and the receipt must not be missingSearch by keywords of the problem items, check whether the candidate segments retain the key paragraphs of the original text, and adjust similarity to observe changes in the number of candidates and scores after filtering
Quoted contentThe number of quoted items is the array length, and quoteMaxToken is the budget for quoted content; the two are not compared for equalityRecord the number of quoted array items separately, and also check whether the tokens of the quoted text exceed the budget, confirming that the key segments of the original text are still retained after trimming

Three common errors

  • Phenomenon: The same journal name is written differently in the license and the verification form, and recall hits only one. Cause: Fields such as name and date are not aligned, and hits and associations were not checked first.
  • Phenomenon: There are many candidates, but the ones ranked first are all irrelevant. Cause: The retrieval mode does not match the material form, rerank is not enabled, or the semantics shift after question rewriting.
  • Phenomenon: The rectification report lacks a signature or receipt, and the basis entry cannot refer back to the original text. Cause: The version is not synchronized, and old-version segments are still in the database participating in recall.

How to verify the setup

This function's acceptance: test once each with synonym-rewritten questions, compare candidates and scores, then toggle rerank on and off to see the ranking of the first few items; switch searchMode and adjust similarity and limit, testing once each, and record the number of candidates and scores.

Business test: ask a cross-material basis question and see whether the answer provides a traceable source.

  • For the same record, check the name, quantity, date, and signature one by one in the license, verification form, and rectification report, and mark inconsistent items.
  • In the search test, fix the question, switch the retrieval mode and rerank toggle respectively, and record changes in the number of candidates, scores, and ranking.