{
  "registry_version": "2026.08.2",
  "data": {
    "title": "ATS Parser Extraction Failure",
    "status": "active",
    "evidence_ids": [
      "EVD-001"
    ],
    "content": "# ATS Parser Extraction Failure\n\nMulti-column formatting, graphics, custom fonts, or unsupported document layouts cause ATS parser to corrupt or omit critical work history.\n\n### Structural Context\n- **Actor:** `system`\n- **Nature:** `noise`\n- **Removability:** `candidate`\n\n### Causal Relations\n- Amplifies `M-008` — Automated Keyword / Qualification Filter\n\n### Non-Inferences\n- Does not imply human recruiter evaluated and disliked candidate experience.",
    "id": "M-003",
    "type": "mechanism",
    "summary": "Multi-column formatting, graphics, custom fonts, or unsupported document layouts cause ATS parser to corrupt or omit critical work history.",
    "operates_at": [
      "B-001",
      "B-002"
    ],
    "emissions": [
      {
        "artifact": "A-001",
        "fidelity": "void",
        "likelihood": "medium",
        "evidence": [
          "EVD-001"
        ]
      },
      {
        "artifact": "A-009",
        "fidelity": "direct",
        "likelihood": "high",
        "evidence": [
          "EVD-001"
        ]
      }
    ],
    "facets": {
      "actor": "system",
      "nature": "noise",
      "visibility": "inferable",
      "removability": "candidate"
    },
    "amplifies": [
      "M-008"
    ],
    "masks": [],
    "evidence_level": "established",
    "honest_baseline": false,
    "specimens": [
      {
        "kind": "ats",
        "label": "Parsed profile, as the ATS stored it",
        "context": "the same CV that renders correctly in a PDF reader",
        "lines": [
          {
            "text": "Name: parsed · Email: parsed · Phone: parsed",
            "tell": false
          },
          {
            "text": "Work experience: 0 entries",
            "tell": true
          },
          {
            "text": "Skills: 0 entries",
            "tell": false
          },
          {
            "text": "Raw text captured: 340 characters of a 4,100-character document",
            "tell": false
          },
          {
            "text": "Ranking score: 12/100 — insufficient experience",
            "tell": false
          }
        ],
        "reading": "The document was not read and rejected; it was not read. A two-column layout and a graphic header are enough to produce this."
      }
    ],
    "non_inferences": [
      "Does not imply human recruiter evaluated and disliked candidate experience."
    ]
  }
}