Converting descriptions to verbs & nouns
~2 m
Legacy Metadata
Export from existing systems & ingest into AI assisted cleaner
Normalize Formats
Convert to consistent schema, UTF-8, date formats
Parse and Tokenize
Extract fields such as title, keywords, creators, dates, rights
Initial Validation
Check for missing or corrupt fields
AI-Assisted Enrichment
Fill gaps, suggest tags, generate summaries
Flag for Manual Review
Engineer reviews malformed data
Problems?
Ambiguity Detected? Conflicting tags or unclear references
Human Fix
Human or Expert Resolution: Resolve conflicts and verify context
Consolidate
Consolidate Cleaned Records: Merge AI output with original metadata
Fact Check
AI Hallucination Check: Cross-verify AI suggestions with trusted references
Reject
Reject or Revise AI Output: Engineer adjusts or re-prompts AI
Enhance Search
Enhance Search Index: Update catalog and indexing structures
Deploy
Deploy to AI Agent: Provide cleaned metadata for search, cataloguing, workflows
Monitor
Continuous Monitoring: Audit AI queries and metadata usage
Issues?
Issues Detected? Search errors, user feedback, new ambiguities
Iterate
Iterative Improvement: Feed issues back to cleanup pipeline
Steady-State
Operate system until problems are exposed
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flowchart TD
A[Legacy Metadata]
A --> B[Normalize Formats]
B --> C[Parse and Tokenize]
C --> D[Initial Validation]
D -->|Valid| E[AI-Assisted Enrichment]
D -->|Invalid| F[Flag for Manual Review]
E --> G{Problems?}
G -->|Yes| H[Human Fix]
G -->|No| I[Consolidate]
H --> I
I --> J{Fact Check}
J -->|Suspected Hallucination| K[Reject]
J -->|Verified| L[Enhance Search]
K --> L
L --> M[Deploy]
M --> N[Monitor]
N --> O{Issues?}
O -->|Yes| P[Iterate]
O -->|No| Q[Steady-State]