Capture
Import that preserves the source
Import is not file conversion. Nolocron runs every source through a staged pipeline that keeps the original record, the provenance, and the structure that gave it meaning.
Problem
Why it matters
A generic importer flattens every source into the same shape and loses what made the original meaningful. The structure is the meaning — drop it and you have noise.
Capabilities
What Nolocron provides
- An eight-stage pipeline — extract, transform, de-duplicate, diff, build hierarchy, parse, persist, clean up — with bounded memory at every stage.
- Provenance travels with each block: source IDs, ordinals, byte ranges, and hashes, with the original bytes archived alongside.
- Two-phase commit keeps the database and files consistent — an import either lands fully or not at all.
- Import reports surface quality and warnings; some sources get a graded fidelity analysis.
Workflow
How it works
- Select a source export or folder.
- The pipeline extracts, normalizes, and de-duplicates records into blocks.
- Review the import report for quality and any recoverable issues.
- Browse the result, with every block traceable to its origin.
Evidence
Product proof points
- The original record stays available for reprocessing as parsing improves.
- Source-specific metadata survives normalization.
- Large imports run with bounded memory, so the app stays responsive.
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