# Reconnaissance Structure Extraction
**Entity class:** Concept or operational method
**Domain:** Marketplace Entry Vocabulary
## Definition
Observations of a system can reveal its interfaces, metadata, and organization for further analysis. The article locates the extraction step within the semantic pivot's use of reconnaissance context.
## Operational role
Marketplace literacy connects names for work with the function being supplied and the credential admitting the participant. A prime, program of record, direct commission, disclosure channel, or contractor role has its own institutional meaning. Understanding those meanings helps a citizen find the appropriate door into useful service.
**Architecture connections:** [[wiki/OSINT|OSINT]] · [[wiki/Intelligence Community|Intelligence Community]] · [[wiki/Citizen-Privateer|Citizen-Privateer]].
## Relationships
- **article-linked mechanism or framework:** [[wiki/Semantic Pivot|Semantic Pivot]].
- **article-linked mechanism or framework:** [[wiki/Automated Reconnaissance|Automated Reconnaissance]].
- **collection route:** [[collections/The Civilian Intelligence Marketplace|The Civilian Intelligence Marketplace]].
- **counterterrorism architecture:** [[collections/Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and the Intelligence Environment|Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and the Intelligence Environment]].
- **source article:** [[articles/The Coming Market for Civilian Spycraft|The Coming Market for Civilian Spycraft]].
## Sources / Provenance
- [[articles/The Coming Market for Civilian Spycraft#XVI. Civic Intelligence Literacy and the Citizen-Privateer|The Coming Market for Civilian Spycraft — XVI. Civic Intelligence Literacy and the Citizen-Privateer]] — October 2026 revision; immediate source for this entry’s place in the marketplace.
- [U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism, Always Watching: Flock's Nationwide AI Surveillance Network (hearing, September 23, 2026).](https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/committee-activity/hearings/always-watching-flocks-nationwide-ai-surveillance-network)