Stage 1 — AI Crawling: Discovery & Access Infrastructure (v0.7)
Abstract
Comprehensive technical documentation of Stage 1 of the 11-Stage AI Visibility Lifecycle. Covers how AI systems discover domains through URL submissions, sitemaps, beacons, inter-domain signals, and autonomous exploration. Details crawl infrastructure requirements, rendering and JavaScript processing, crawl budget dynamics, and the architectural conditions that must be satisfied before progression to Stage 2 (AI Ingestion). Part of the AI Visibility Architecture (AIVA) framework documentation.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Web Data Mining and Analysis
Information Retrieval and Search Behavior
Web visibility and informetrics
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
- Publication date
- 7 February 2026
- Language
- EN