Every result bears the source from which it originates. It also bears the identifier by which it can be traced back to that source. That identifier is the identifier of the register itself, not a number devised by BesluitBron.
What a property is for each source
- Open Raadsinformatie and OpenBesluitvorming: the identification of the document or meeting at the source organisation, plus the name of that organisation;
- Tweede Kamer: the identification details from the Data Warehouse, including the parliamentary document file number and the company number;
- Officiële Bekendmakingen: the publication identifier for the KOOP repository. This allows the official XML, HTML and PDF versions to be accessed directly;
- Rechtspraak: the ECLI, the European standard identifier for a ruling;
- OpenTK and Open Archivaris: the index reference number, together with the address of the original document held by the public authority.
Why this is a requirement and not a choice
A reply from an AI assistant is a text, and a text is not evidence. The text only becomes useful if the reader can go back to the register and find the same information there. Without a reference number, that step is not possible. The reply is therefore not usable in a decision, a recommendation or a procedure.
The second reason is that an assistant may make a mistake in the summary, whilst the retrieved document itself is correct. This feature highlights that discrepancy: the reader opens the document and can see for themselves whether the summary is correct.
Source citation within the product
The calls that resulted in a response can be retrieved using list_platform_calls on any connector. They are also recorded in the request log of the management console. This makes it possible to determine retrospectively which queries were sent to which platform, and not just what the response was. See Logging en Verantwoording.