SourcePath | Example of Document Ingestion

Structured documents, preserved as evidence-bearing graphs

This walkthrough shows how SourcePath ingests real Federal XML, preserves hierarchy, extracts cross-references, and turns missing targets into an explicit ingestion backlog. It is an example of the ingestion pipeline, not the product home page itself.

Start Here: Tiny Orientation Demo

This is the smallest useful example: one short document, a couple of sections, and unresolved references that become a backlog. It is the quickest way to understand what the larger outputs are doing.

Tiny Orientation Demo

Mini Demo / 7 CFR Sample

urn:alexander:demo:mini

8 rows 4 levels 1 internal refs 2 placeholders 2 unresolved refs

Hierarchy view Full cross-reference view Open preview CSV Open parse summary Hierarchy Markdown Reference Markdown Hierarchy Mermaid Reference Mermaid

Mini demo backlog

Missing references queued from the orientation document.

Open backlog view CSV export Markdown report

Real Federal Ingestion Outputs

These artifacts come from the real GovInfo XML files. Each document has guided focused views for reliable rendering, plus larger full-volume maps for scale. The browser maps omit paragraph nodes for readability, while the preview CSVs preserve detailed row-level structure.

Federal SNAP Volume

7 CFR Title 7 Volume 4

Official source

16003 rows 9 levels 2846 internal refs 138 placeholders 876 unresolved refs

Open guided views Full cross-reference view Open preview CSV Open parse summary Hierarchy Markdown Reference Markdown Hierarchy Mermaid Reference Mermaid

Federal Medicaid Volume

42 CFR Title 42 Volume 4

Official source

17700 rows 8 levels 2714 internal refs 314 placeholders 591 unresolved refs

Open guided views Full cross-reference view Open preview CSV Open parse summary Hierarchy Markdown Reference Markdown Hierarchy Mermaid Reference Mermaid

Real-stack backlog

Outstanding references discovered while ingesting the two Federal volumes.

Open backlog view CSV export Markdown report Open manifest

Why this matters

The point of this example is not generic text search. It is to show that the system can preserve authority-bearing structure, prefer traceable evidence over semantic resemblance, and keep the next ingestion steps visible instead of implicit. The document-map pages prefer pre-rendered local SVGs, so the walkthrough does not depend on a Mermaid CDN.