# Document Store

> The body of documents a retrieval system searches to ground a model's generation.

Record: `lexicon:document-store`
Kind: artifact
Layer: [Correctness Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/correctness-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-document-store

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Approval Policy](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/approval-policy.md) and before [Data Pipeline](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/data-pipeline.md).

## Category

- [Model Architecture](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/model-architecture.md)

## Required by

- [Retrieval-Augmented Generation](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/retrieval-augmented-generation.md)

## Linked from

- [Model Architecture](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-model-architecture.md)