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Validate semantic shapes before document fields affect hard-fail decisions
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General lesson: structured-output schemas that constrain a document field only to `string` do not make the value semantically safe. Before OCR/model fields can trigger an irreversible or hard-fail decision, validate bounded length and domain shape (for example, a two-letter jurisdiction and a real normalized date), reject or quarantine malformed outputs, and reconcile contradictory independent evidence through review instead of letting either side hard-fail. This applies to model-generated document extraction; it does not mean a valid barcode is always correct or should automatically override the image. Applies when: AI-extracted document fields can directly produce terminal eligibility, fraud, or compliance decisions. Keywords: OCR structured output malformed date hard fail conflict review
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