Multimodal RAG Platform

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01 System ContextC4 Level 1. Who uses the platform, which content sources feed it, and which external services it depends on. HTML · SVG · draw.io 02 High-Level ArchitectureThe whole platform in six stages: ingest, understand, index, retrieve, generate, serve. The picture a sponsor should understand without narration. HTML · SVG · draw.io 03 Layered ArchitectureSix layers with dependencies pointing downward only. Establishes what may call what. HTML · SVG · draw.io 04 Container ArchitectureC4 Level 2. Deployable units, their technology, and the synchronous query path between them. HTML · SVG · draw.io 05 Multimodal Ingestion PipelineOne lane per modality across five stages. The lanes run in parallel and converge on a single chunk record. HTML · SVG · draw.io 06 Indexing & Embedding PipelineHow a normalised chunk becomes a retrievable, governed index entry. HTML · SVG · draw.io 07 Retrieval & Generation FlowThe query path from admitted question to verified, cited answer. HTML · SVG · draw.io 08 Data ArchitectureFour zones by ownership and rebuildability. Only one of them is irreplaceable. HTML · SVG · draw.io 09 Integration ArchitectureEvery inbound and outbound interface, with protocol, cadence and direction. HTML · SVG · draw.io 10 Security ArchitectureFive trust zones in decreasing exposure, with every boundary crossing labelled — including the attacker's path. HTML · SVG · draw.io 11 Deployment & InfrastructureWhat runs where, across two availability zones and a warm standby region. HTML · SVG · draw.io 12 CI/CD & Environment PromotionHow a change reaches production, and what stops a bad one — including a bad prompt. HTML · SVG · draw.io 13 Observability & Evaluation MatrixSix signal types across five stages. A matrix rather than a flow, because it makes the gaps visible. HTML · SVG · draw.io 14 RAGOps LifecycleThe improvement loop, drawn as a loop. A RAG system is never finished at launch. HTML · SVG · draw.io 15 Critical Flow — Question to Cited AnswerThe end-to-end request as ordered messages across eight participants, including the abstain path. HTML · SVG · draw.io 16 Core Data ModelNine entities carrying multi-tenancy, multimodal provenance and citation lineage. HTML · SVG · draw.io
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