selecteddocuments

Selecteddocuments is a term used in information management and computing to describe a subset of documents drawn from a larger corpus according to predefined criteria. It is not tied to a single standard and can appear in various software systems, data pipelines, and research projects as a data construct rather than a fixed file format.

In practice, selecteddocuments may be produced by query systems, filtering stages, or sampling procedures. It supports workflows such as content curation, targeted retrieval, annotation, or auditing. The concept emphasizes the selection process and the resulting collection rather than any particular storage form.

Typical criteria for forming a selecteddocuments set include metadata filters (author, date, source), content-based signals (keywords, topics, embeddings similarity), quality metrics (confidence scores, completeness), and access controls. Selection can be deterministic or probabilistic, and may be dynamic as underlying data changes or as user needs evolve.

Representation and storage commonly involve a collection of document identifiers with optional metadata such as scores, reasons for inclusion, and provenance. In many systems, a selecteddocuments subset is implemented as a view, a subset index, or a partition of the dataset. It may be materialized for faster access or computed on demand during workflows.

See also: information retrieval, document management, dataset curation, indexing, filtering.