Chunking splits documents into smaller passages sized for embedding, retrieval, and context-window limits.
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Chunking
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Chunking splits documents into smaller passages sized for embedding, retrieval, and context-window limits.
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Long docs are cut into bite-sized pieces so search and prompts can use them.
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- NIST AI Risk Management Framework — risk vocabulary context for AI systems
- Brel Digital company and technology profiles — applied usage evidence where tagged
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