How OIR Is Made¶

Human-directed, AI-processed, source-bound.

Open Internet Reference is built primarily by AI assistants that intake sources, draft pages, and run mechanical checks. Humans direct what to cover, merge work into the public draft corpus, and occasionally deep-audit a smaller verified core.

What “draft” means here¶

Most pages you read are draft on purpose. A merged draft means:

A human accepted it into the corpus after review of the PR
Claims are supposed to cite sources
It is not a promise that every sentence was line-checked against those sources

verified is scarce. It means a human deep-checked significant claims against the citations.

What AI does and does not do¶

AI typically does	AI does not
Draft pages and source records	Certify truth
Structure IDs, tags, and links	Replace primary sources
Mechanical QA (metadata, links, build)	Stand in for legal advice
Research-debt sweeps when directed	Invent unsupported facts (forbidden by standards)

The authority for facts is the cited source (court opinion, statute, official page, etc.). Prefer facts over interpretation; commentary stays labeled.

How to use the site¶

Follow footnotes and bibliography records to the underlying materials.
Treat draft pages as sourced leads, not settled encyclopedia entries.
Check Review Status and Research Debt for gaps.
This project is not legal advice.

How to help without becoming an editor¶

Send a lead (URL, case, organization) via Suggest Content if available, a GitHub intake issue, or project contact channels. Processing is usually AI; acceptance into the draft corpus is human.