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Document Type Standards

This file defines how document types are categorized for processing.

Major Types

  • Policy → AU or state-level strategies, compacts, policies.
  • Law / Legislation → Statutes, reforms, by-laws.
  • Treaty Body Reports → OHCHR, CRC, CESCR, CCPR, etc.
  • UPR → Universal Periodic Review documents.
  • Observations → Concluding observations by treaty bodies.
  • Recommendations → From committees or commissions.
  • Research / Reports → UNICEF, ACERWC, ACHPR publications.

Processing Implications

  • All documents are normalized into text.
  • Metadata field "doc_type" should capture type (if identified).
  • Future processors may add automatic classification rules.

File Formats

  • .pdf → primary format, processed via pdf_to_text.py.
  • .docx → supported, via docx_to_text.py.
  • .html → supported, via html_to_text.py.
  • .txt → may be ingested directly.