Citations
When an answer needed a rule rather than a formula, it names the passage it used. That reference is the difference between a number you can check and a number you have to trust.
What it means
The cited passage was retrieved and used for that answer. That is the whole claim, and it is worth being precise about the three things it does not mean:
- It is not a reproduction of the clause. A passage was read; the clause has more in it.
- It does not say the clause is the governing one for your member. That stays your call, and Mia says so when the case is ambiguous.
- It does not replace reading the standard. Treat it as a pointer into a document you have access to.
Example: an answer cites a clause on shear resistance and gives you a value. The value came from that passage. Whether shear governs your beam at all is a different question, and one you answer.
Where a citation can come from
Two sources, and an answer says which one a passage came from:
- the Dlubal knowledge base
- your company knowledge, if your team has uploaded documents
Company knowledge is filtered by your team on the server. The model cannot ask for another team's documents, and there is no wording that widens it: the boundary is structural, not a setting.
When nothing is found
An answer that found nothing says so. The alternative would be a plausible sentence with no source behind it, and that is the failure you would not catch.
Ask about a national annex that is not in the knowledge base and you get told it was not found, rather than an invented set of factors.
What a search costs
One credit per knowledge base search, billed when it happens. A question Mia can answer without looking anything up does not trigger one.
Where to go next
- Knowledge sources for uploading your own documents.
- Limitations for what to check before signing.