Chunked Content Meets Taxonomy for Better Information Retrieval
Imagine searching a giant library of documents for one specific answer. It can feel like finding a needle in a haystack. When there’s too much information, getting the useful bits quickly is a big challenge. This is a problem I faced with a large content repository. In response, I built a system that breaks content into chunks and connects those chunks to a taxonomy (an organized set of topics) using important terms found in each chunk. By linking each content piece to key terms and grouping those terms into categories, I created a “map” that makes it easier to find what you need. In this post, I’ll introduce how this works and why it helps with information retrieval (finding the right info when you search). ...