# Grounding Strategy

> A scheme for anchoring a model's output in retrieved, authoritative sources rather than its parameters alone.

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

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Entities](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/entities.md) and before [Guardrails](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/guardrails.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)