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Sourceright

Limitations

Sourceright is currently suited to structured reference triage, deterministic fixture-backed validation, and review queueing. It is not yet a final examiner-grade verifier.

Current gaps are concentrated in the practical workflow:

  • Real DOCX and PDF extraction still needs the dedicated adapters.
  • OCR-backed scanned PDFs are still represented as explicit diagnostics.
  • Live Crossref, DataCite, OpenAlex, and PubMed evidence remains opt-in.
  • Provider evidence must not silently overwrite canonical CSL.
  • Legal citations remain separate from academic CSL.
  • Claim/source/provenance work links claims and sources without asserting claim truth.
  • Smarter institutional-author and same-author citation handling still needs hardening.
  • URL and archive integrity checks are still being expanded.
  • Low-noise writeback suggestions are still being refined.
  • Benchmark results are deterministic and fixture-backed; they are not a live provider quality claim.
  • Plugin/provider statuses marked as planned or technical preview are roadmap surfaces, not current live promises.

The source workflow calls out Tracks 36-40 as the next hardening slice. For the current operator surface, start with Workflow and review the benchmark guide for the fixture-backed technical-preview gate.