Self-containment

Self-containment is the property of a content section making complete sense on its own, without relying on paragraphs before or after it. It matters because AI systems chunk a page into pieces before processing and you can’t control where the cuts fall — a section that only makes sense in context can’t be quoted alone. Test it by reading any H2 out of context.

First used in: 3.2 · Citability — writing to be quoted