Provenance and review

Every extracted value records where it came from: the reading, the page, a region on that page, and whether it appears in the document verbatim.

Ovrin is built for reviewability. The upstream documentation makes this a first-class concern: values should point back to the location in the source document, not just appear as a floating number.

What provenance includes

Depending on the pipeline stage, provenance may include:

  • page number
  • bounding box
  • text span
  • provider identity
  • OCR source or model source

Why review matters

When a value is ambiguous or weak, the system should signal NeedsReview rather than silently forcing a result through. That is essential in financial or compliance-heavy workflows.