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February 17, 2026 16:48
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| Technique Core Behavior Key Strength Major Weakness | |
| Metadata Filtering Filters docs by rigid metadata rules (author, date, region, permissions) Fast, deterministic, easy to interpret Ignores text content, cannot rank relevance | |
| Keyword Search (BM25) Finds docs with overlapping keywords Excellent for technical text, product names, structured data Misses synonyms or paraphrases | |
| Semantic Search (Embeddings) Finds docs with similar meaning Captures synonyms, context, and nuance Computationally heavier, may miss exact matches |