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How does the relevance algorithm work?

Olivier Godard avatar
Written by Olivier Godard
Updated over 3 years ago

Outmind's relevance algorithm takes multiple parameters into account to provide you with the most relevant results for each query.

1/ Matching parameters

These are all the parameters used to evaluate the correspondence between the request made by the user and a certain document. The list of these matching parameters depends on the type of document queried. For example, for a file, the query is compared to the title of the document, its textual content, its position in the tree structure and its author. For a mail discussion, the query is based on the objects of the mails, their contents, their attachments and the participants.

2/ Distance parameters

The distance parameters aim to evaluate the distance between the person making the request and a certain document. Today it is mainly the temporal distance (i.e. the distance between today and the date of the document) that is used. The more recent a document is, the more relevant it is.

3/ Filtering

Finally, Outmind provides users with a set of filters that allow them to refine their searches:

- filters by source,

- filters by type,

- filters by category/field...

These filters are automatically adapted to the type of data accessible.

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