Extensibility

A new document type, without a release

Adding a document type means describing the fields you want, not commissioning a new parser.

Overview

New types are a schema

In a template-based pipeline every new document type is a small engineering project, which is why the backlog of unsupported types never shrinks. In Clio a document type is a schema — the fields you want and their rules — so adding one is configuration, and the reading model does not change.

What it does

Extensible without engineering

A new document type is a schema, not code.

No development release to support a new form.

The same extraction and validation apply automatically.

The approval step is unchanged for new types.

The backlog of unsupported documents stops growing.

How it works

How a new type is added

1Describe the fields the document should yield
2Set the deterministic rules those fields must satisfy
3Extraction and validation apply to it immediately
4Records go through the same human approval
FAQ

Common questions

Do we need a developer for a new document type?

No. A new type is a schema — the fields and their rules — rather than a code change.

Does validation apply to new types too?

Yes, the same deterministic gate and the same approval step apply.

Does the model need retraining?

No. The reading model is unchanged; what changes is the schema you ask it to fill.

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