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Multi-Document RAG: A Folder of Unrelated PDFs Is One Long Document with a Nested Outline

L3 · BuilderTutorials & GuidesTowards Data Science· 8/22/2026

Provides practical architecture for builders dealing with heterogeneous document collections in RAG systems.

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Presents a multi-document RAG approach for unstructured PDF folders using nested outlines instead of traditional indexing when documents lack shared fields.

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Enterprise Document Intelligence [Vol.1 #14B] - No shared fields means no index to build. One summary line per file plus each file’s own table of contents, and retrieval routes down two levels The post Multi-Document RAG: A Folder of Unrelated PDFs Is One Long Document with a Nested Outline appeared first on Towards Data Science.

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