Bilingual and Crosslingual Superiority
BCEmbedding, developed by NetEase Youdao, is designed to improve performance in both bilingual and crosslingual scenarios. Its power derives from advancing semantic search contexts, enhancing user queries in languages such as English, Chinese, Japanese, and Korean.
Key Features
- Support for multiple languages including English, Chinese, Japanese, and Korean.
- Optimized for diverse Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) tasks.
- Efficient handling of long passages for reranking.
- Provides smooth similarity scores for useful content filtering.
- User-friendly design for versatile applications.
Installation
To get started with BCEmbedding, follow these simple steps to set up your environment:
conda create --name bce python=3.10 -y
conda activate bce
pip install BCEmbedding==0.1.1
Quick Start
To utilize the BCEmbedding model for your projects:
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Based on BCEmbedding:
from BCEmbedding import EmbeddingModel sentences = ["sentence_0", "sentence_1", ...] model = EmbeddingModel(model_name_or_path="maidalun1020/bce-embedding-base_v1") embeddings = model.encode(sentences) -
Based on HuggingFace Transformers:
from transformers import AutoModel, AutoTokenizer tokenizer = AutoTokenizer.from_pretrained("maidalun1020/bce-embedding-base_v1") model = AutoModel.from_pretrained("maidalun1020/bce-embedding-base_v1")
Using Analogy for Understanding
Think of BCEmbedding as a library in a multilingual city. Each section of the library (representing an embedding model) contains books (semantic vectors) in different languages. Just like a librarian can hand you the right book based on the query you have (searching through text), BCEmbedding can provide you with meaningful, relevant embeddings across various languages. This system not only helps in answering your query but ensures that you receive the exact information you need, whether you are speaking English or Chinese.
Integrations for RAG Frameworks
BCEmbedding can be seamlessly integrated into various frameworks like LangChain and LlamaIndex:
from langchain.embeddings import HuggingFaceEmbeddings
model_name = "maidalun1020/bce-embedding-base_v1"
embed_model = HuggingFaceEmbeddings(model_name=model_name)
Troubleshooting
In case you encounter issues whilst using BCEmbedding, consider the following troubleshooting steps:
- Ensure that your environment is properly set up and that all required packages are installed.
- Verify that the model path is correctly specified in your code.
- Check for updates and any ongoing issues reported in the GitHub repository.
- For detailed integration queries, refer to the official API documentation available at Youdao BCEmbedding API.
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Conclusion
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