Citation Source and Traceability for Refractory Material

What Data for This Category Looks Like

Refractory material investment research data sources include standard documents released by the National Refractory Materials Standardization Technical Committee, factory inspection certificates from manufacturers, operation briefs published by industry associations, patent publications, and academic journal papers. Update rhythms vary significantly: standard documents are updated every 3 to 5 years, enterprise inspection certificates are updated with each production batch, industry briefs are updated quarterly, and patents and academic literature are updated in real time. Most documents use structured table formats, with fields such as parameter name, test conditions, measured values, and testing institution information. Units include degrees Celsius, megapascals, millimeters, and other physical quantities.

Constraints on Citation Source and Traceability

The multi-source nature and large differences in update rhythms require traceability systems to configure differentiated recall and display rules based on source types, preventing low-authority sources from interfering with core investment research conclusions. Documents that primarily use structured tables require traceability to locate specific parameter rows. Using an entire document as the traceability scope will fail to accurately match the specific indicators corresponding to user queries. The lack of unified formats for composition and performance parameters requires the system to support custom field mapping, ensuring that parameter information from different sources can be uniformly identified and traced. Parameter attributes related to high-temperature operating conditions require traceability to be linked to test conditions, avoiding misleading investment research decisions through parameter references disconnected from their original context.

Configuration Settings

Configuration Item	Recommended Setting	Rationale
`recall_top_k`	Top 8-12 entries	A single refractory material document contains multi-dimensional parameter entries. This value range covers core indicators while avoiding interference from redundant information
`source_weight_config`	Standard documents: 1.5, enterprise reports: 1.0, industry briefs: 0.8	Weights are matched to the authority and update frequency of different sources, improving the credibility of investment research citations
`parse_field_extract_mode`	Table row-level extraction	Adapts to the structured table format of refractory material documents, enabling precise traceability of specific parameter rows
`context_window_size`	1200-1500 characters	Matches the length of core parameter sections in single refractory material documents, avoiding loss of traceability information due to context overflow
`enable_source_citation`	Enabled	Meets compliance and traceability requirements for investment research scenarios, clearly marking parameter sources
`citation_format`	`[Source Name] ([Issuing Institution/Manufacturer], [Publication Date])`	Complies with general citation standards for industry investment research reports

The parameter values provided on this page are conventional recommendations used as starting points for configuration. Actual values are affected by material form, data volume, and business rules. Specific issues require case-by-case analysis, and it is recommended to test against your own samples before finalizing.

Three Common Configuration Mistakes

Phenomenon: After retrieval results are returned, a red error prompt appears in the citation bar, and source information cannot be displayed normally. Cause: The source mapping rule for source_weight_config is not configured, so the system cannot identify the source identification fields of some documents.
Phenomenon: In a workflow, only the first user query triggers knowledge base retrieval and displays citations, while subsequent queries have no citation content. Cause: The persist_context parameter is not enabled, so the session context does not retain the traceability information of the retrieval node, causing subsequent queries to not reuse knowledge base associated data.
Phenomenon: After configuring the global variable datasetid in the knowledge base retrieval node, the node cannot read the variable value. Cause: The global variable scope is not set to workflow-level, so the variable only takes effect in the current node and cannot be passed across nodes.

How to Verify Proper Configuration

Upload one refractory material standard document and one enterprise inspection certificate, trigger retrieval, then check the citation bar to confirm that identifiers for different sources are displayed correctly.
Trigger multiple consecutive rounds of queries, check whether citation information for each round of retrieval results loads normally, with no missing content or errors.
Add the global variable datasetid in the workflow, bind it to the knowledge base retrieval node, run the workflow, then check the node logs to confirm that the variable value is read correctly.
After configuring citation_format, generate a test reply, check whether the citation format complies with preset rules, with no garbled characters or missing fields.

Question material comes from public community discussions. Configuration values are common starting points and should be measured against your own samples. Verified on 2026-09-14.