Conventional retrieval pipelines usually apply governance after retrieval as an application-layer patch so that governance is external to the retrieved knowledge units.

In most RAG systems, governance is applied after retrieval as an application-layer patch.

— Beyond Retrieval - Pyrana Context Engine Whitepaper.pdf

This is a central difference from conventional retrieval pipelines.

— Beyond Retrieval - Pyrana Context Engine Whitepaper.pdf

governance is applied after retrieval

— Beyond Retrieval - Pyrana Context Engine Whitepaper.pdf