Laura Ham

The [open-api specs](https://github.com/semi-technologies/weaviate/blob/master/openapi-specs/schema.json#L3) indicate that YAML is an accepted input method for a schema. However, not all of the YAML schema is parsed when a Thing with properties is posted...

Error 'could not store action: Illegal primitive value for property date', after trying to adding reference to existing dataobject

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The POST request to http://localhost:8080/v1/actions/22cc3380-ef73-48f8-9e3c-c603fae0f4b0/references/toCompany leads to the error message: ```json { "error": [ { "message": "could not store action: Illegal primitive value for property date, value is \"2019-03-24T14:25:57Z\"" }...

Proposal: Hybrid Search (combining Vector + Sparse search)

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## WHAT Combining vector search with sparse (e.g. BM25) search in one query ## WHY To bridge the gap between sparse search and vector search. ### Longer why Vector search...

## WHAT Search using sparse ranking functions like BM25 in Weaviate. ## WHY Because a sparse method like BM25 performs well in keyword-based and out-of-domain search. ## HOW * The...

# Cross-Encoders as reranking ## WHAT Reranking retrieved list of candidates from Weaviate based on cross-encoder model scores ## WHY Because combining cross-encoders with bi-encoders can improve search results ##...