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# Audita Output Schemas
This document describes the built-in transcript output schema registry used by `audita process`.
## Supported schema names
### `bare-segments`
Status:
- implemented
- default output schema
Shape:
- top-level JSON array of transcript segments
Segment fields:
- `id`
- `speaker`
- `start`
- `end`
- `text`
- optional `categories`
Compatibility:
- this preserves the long-standing output shape used by existing consumers.
### `audita-v1`
Status:
- implemented
Shape:
- top-level JSON object:
- `schema`: `"audita-v1"`
- `version`: `"v1"`
- `segments`: transcript segment array
Segment fields inside `segments` match `bare-segments` segment fields.
Compatibility:
- this is the Audita-native object format with explicit schema/version metadata.
### `seriatim-intermediate`
Status:
- deferred / not implemented
Current behavior:
- selecting `seriatim-intermediate` fails clearly as an unsupported output schema.
Reason:
- a concrete, repository-backed contract for this schema has not been finalized yet.
## Selection
Choose output schema with CLI:
```sh
audita process <transcript.json> --glossary <glossary.yaml> --output-schema audita-v1
```
Or in file config:
```yaml
version: 1
output:
schema: audita-v1
```
Precedence remains:
1. defaults
2. file config
3. environment overrides
4. CLI overrides
`--output-schema` overrides `output.schema` when both are supplied.
## Output routing behavior
- With `--output`, transcript JSON is written to file using the selected schema and stdout stays empty on success.
- Without `--output`, stdout contains transcript JSON only, using the selected schema.
- `--report-json` writes report JSON to file and does not write report payloads to stdout.
## Backward-compatibility expectations
- default schema stays `bare-segments` for compatibility unless explicitly changed in a future breaking release;
- supported schema names are treated as stable public contract values;
- unsupported schema names fail before output write.