# Citation Points to Wrong Source

## Ontology Metadata

Code: ISS-0003
Version: ISS-0003@0.1.0
Ontology release: 0.1.0
Updated: 2026-05-10T00:00:00Z
Canonical URL: /workbench/issues/citation-points-to-wrong-source/

## Summary

A citation, reference, link, or source pointer is present, but it points to the wrong source, wrong passage, wrong document, or unsupported evidence.

## Category

- CAT-0010 — Output
  - URL: /workbench/categories/output/
  - Summary: Problems where generated content, citations, fields, formats, parser-facing output, or structured responses are missing, malformed, unsupported, or unusable.

## Primary Pattern

- PAT-0200 — Reference Instability
  - URL: /workbench/patterns/reference-instability/
  - Summary: A structural condition where references, identifiers, links, or anchors change across equivalent evaluations without a declared cause.

## Declared Patterns

- PAT-0200 — Reference Instability
  - URL: /workbench/patterns/reference-instability/
  - Summary: A structural condition where references, identifiers, links, or anchors change across equivalent evaluations without a declared cause.
- PAT-0150 — Interface Mismatch
  - URL: /workbench/patterns/interface-mismatch/
  - Summary: A structural condition where observed interface behavior, shape, or exchange differs from the declared interface contract.
- PAT-0180 — Compatibility Violation
  - URL: /workbench/patterns/compatibility-violation/
  - Summary: A structural condition where a graph, object, behavior, or runtime state exceeds a declared compatibility envelope without an authorized exception.

## Derived Primary Lenses

- LEN-0130 — Compatibility Envelope Lens
  - URL: /workbench/lenses/compatibility-envelope-lens/
  - Summary: Determines whether structure fits within declared runtime, platform, version, or support constraints.
- LEN-0200 — Interface Contract Lens
  - URL: /workbench/lenses/interface-contract-lens/
  - Summary: Compares declared interface structure to observed runtime structure to detect contract deviations.
- LEN-0280 — Reference Stability Lens
  - URL: /workbench/lenses/reference-stability-lens/
  - Summary: Evaluates whether structural references, identifiers, nodes, and edges remain consistent across execution cycles or comparable states.

## Derived Secondary Lenses

- LEN-0120 — Boundary Compliance Lens
  - URL: /workbench/lenses/boundary-compliance-lens/
  - Summary: Evaluates observed structure against declared boundary posture, including allow, block, and exception rules.
- LEN-0180 — Determinism Lens
  - URL: /workbench/lenses/determinism-lens/
  - Summary: Evaluates whether identical structural inputs produce equivalent structural outputs across repeated executions.
- LEN-0230 — Normalization Lens
  - URL: /workbench/lenses/normalization-lens/
  - Summary: Transforms structurally equivalent variants into a canonical form to prevent false divergence.

## Search Intents

- citation points to wrong source
- AI citation is wrong
- source does not support the answer
- citation link goes to wrong document
- AI cited the wrong passage
- reference points to unrelated source