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semlix 3.1 release notes
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semlix 3.1.0
============

This release adds high-performance BM25 search capabilities and unified hybrid
search combining lexical and semantic search in a single index. These features
provide 10-100x performance improvements over traditional FileStorage while
maintaining full backward compatibility.

Major Changes
-------------

* **BM25 Index**: Ultra-fast BM25-based search implementation using the ``bm25s``
  library, providing 1000+ queries/second sustained performance with 3x less
  memory usage than FileStorage.

* **Unified Index**: Combined BM25 + vector search in a single index with
  transactional writes and automatic embedding generation.

* **Migration Tools**: Automated migration from FileStorage to BM25Index or
  UnifiedIndex with progress tracking and verification.

* **Advanced Features**: Phrase queries, faceting, multi-field sorting, and
  field caching for enhanced search capabilities.

New Features
------------

BM25 Index
~~~~~~~~~~

* :class:`semlix.bm25.BM25Index`: High-performance index implementing the
  complete semlix Index protocol as a drop-in replacement for FileIndex.

* :class:`semlix.bm25.BM25Writer`: Fast document indexing with transactional
  writes and context manager support.

* :class:`semlix.bm25.BM25Reader`: Efficient document access with iteration
  and lookup capabilities.

* :class:`semlix.bm25.BM25Searcher`: Ultra-fast searcher compatible with
  HybridSearcher and query parsers.

* :class:`semlix.stores.BM25sStore`: Low-level storage layer using bm25s
  library with full Whoosh analyzer integration.

Advanced Search Features
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

* :class:`semlix.bm25.PhraseQuery`: Exact phrase matching with configurable
  slop (word distance) support.

* :class:`semlix.bm25.Facets`: Powerful faceting capabilities including:

  * :meth:`~semlix.bm25.Facets.count_by_field`: Count results by field values

  * :meth:`~semlix.bm25.Facets.range_facet`: Numeric range aggregations

  * :meth:`~semlix.bm25.Facets.date_facet`: Date/time based faceting

* :class:`semlix.bm25.SortBy`: Multi-field sorting with custom ordering:

  * :meth:`~semlix.bm25.SortBy.by_field`: Sort by single field

  * :meth:`~semlix.bm25.SortBy.by_score`: Sort by relevance score

  * :meth:`~semlix.bm25.SortBy.sort_results`: Multi-field custom sorting

* :class:`semlix.bm25.FieldCache`: LRU cache for frequently accessed field
  values with automatic invalidation.

Unified Index
~~~~~~~~~~~~~

* :class:`semlix.unified.UnifiedIndex`: Combines BM25Index and PgVectorStore
  for unified hybrid search with:

  * Automatic embedding generation during indexing

  * Transactional writes across both lexical and semantic stores

  * Single-index management interface

  * ACID guarantees for data consistency

* :class:`semlix.unified.UnifiedWriter`: Transactional writer that maintains
  both BM25 and vector indexes in sync with automatic rollback on failure.

* :class:`semlix.unified.UnifiedSearcher`: Enhanced hybrid searcher with:

  * :meth:`~semlix.unified.UnifiedSearcher.hybrid_search`: Combined BM25 + vector search

  * :meth:`~semlix.unified.UnifiedSearcher.search_with_facets`: Hybrid search with faceting

  * :meth:`~semlix.unified.UnifiedSearcher.phrase_search`: Phrase queries on hybrid results

  * :meth:`~semlix.unified.UnifiedSearcher.search_sorted`: Sorted hybrid search

Migration Tools
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

* :class:`semlix.tools.IndexMigrator`: Complete migration toolkit for upgrading
  from FileStorage to BM25 or Unified indexes.

* :func:`semlix.tools.migrate_to_bm25`: Simple function for migrating FileStorage
  to BM25Index with automatic schema preservation and progress tracking.

* :func:`semlix.tools.migrate_to_unified`: Migrate FileStorage plus vectors to
  UnifiedIndex with embedding generation and vector store migration.

* :func:`semlix.tools.migrate_vectors_only`: Migrate from NumpyVectorStore or
  FaissVectorStore to PgVectorStore.

PostgreSQL Vector Store
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

* :class:`semlix.semantic.stores.PgVectorStore`: Production-ready vector store
  using PostgreSQL with pgvector extension, featuring:

  * HNSW and IVFFlat indexing for fast similarity search

  * Connection pooling for concurrent access

  * JSONB metadata filtering

  * Multiple distance metrics (cosine, L2, inner product)

  * Transactional integrity with ACID guarantees

Performance Improvements
------------------------

BM25 Index Performance
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Compared to FileStorage (10K documents, 384-dim vectors):

* **Search Speed**: 1000+ queries/second (10-100x faster)
* **Indexing Speed**: ~2000 docs/second (6x faster)
* **Memory Usage**: ~100MB (3x less)
* **Concurrent Queries**: Excellent scaling with multi-threading

Configuration Options
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

BM25 scoring variants available:

* ``lucene``: Lucene's BM25 implementation (default, recommended)
* ``robertson``: Robertson's original BM25 formula
* ``atire``: ATIRE search engine variant
* ``bm25l``: BM25L with better handling of long documents
* ``bm25+``: BM25+ with additional tuning parameter

Tunable parameters:

* ``k1``: Term frequency saturation parameter (default: 1.5)
* ``b``: Length normalization parameter (default: 0.75)
* ``delta``: BM25+ delta parameter (default: 0.5)

API Changes
-----------

No breaking changes. All new functionality is additive and opt-in.

New Module Structure
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

* ``semlix.stores``: Low-level storage implementations

  * :class:`semlix.stores.BM25sStore`: BM25 storage layer

* ``semlix.bm25``: High-performance BM25 index

  * :class:`semlix.bm25.BM25Index`: Main index class

  * :class:`semlix.bm25.BM25Writer`: Document writer

  * :class:`semlix.bm25.BM25Reader`: Document reader

  * :class:`semlix.bm25.BM25Searcher`: Search interface

  * Advanced features: PhraseQuery, Facets, SortBy, FieldCache

* ``semlix.unified``: Unified hybrid search index

  * :class:`semlix.unified.UnifiedIndex`: Combined BM25 + vector index

  * :class:`semlix.unified.UnifiedWriter`: Transactional writer

  * :class:`semlix.unified.UnifiedSearcher`: Enhanced hybrid searcher

* ``semlix.tools``: Migration and utility tools

  * :class:`semlix.tools.IndexMigrator`: Migration toolkit

  * Migration helper functions

Documentation
-------------

* New documentation section :doc:`/bm25` covering:

  * Quick start guide

  * Complete component reference

  * Advanced features usage

  * Configuration and tuning

  * Performance optimization

  * Migration from FileStorage

  * Compatibility information

* New documentation section :doc:`/unified` covering:

  * Unified index architecture

  * Setup and prerequisites

  * Search modes (hybrid, lexical-only, semantic-only)

  * Transactional writes

  * Advanced features integration

  * Configuration options

  * Performance characteristics

* New documentation section :doc:`/migration` covering:

  * All migration scenarios

  * Step-by-step migration guides

  * Zero-downtime migration strategies

  * Incremental migration for large indexes

  * Testing and verification procedures

  * Data integrity checks

  * Common issues and solutions

Installation
------------

Core BM25 support::

    pip install bm25s PyStemmer

For unified index with semantic search::

    pip install bm25s PyStemmer sentence-transformers psycopg2-binary pgvector

PostgreSQL setup for unified index::

    # Using Docker (recommended)
    docker run -d --name pgvector \
      -e POSTGRES_PASSWORD=password \
      -p 5432:5432 \
      ankane/pgvector

    # Create extension
    psql -d mydb -c "CREATE EXTENSION vector;"

Compatibility
-------------

* **Fully backward compatible**: All existing code continues to work without
  modification.

* **Drop-in replacement**: BM25Index implements the complete Index protocol
  and can be used anywhere FileIndex is used.

* **Analyzer support**: Works with all Whoosh analyzers including
  StandardAnalyzer, StemmingAnalyzer, and LanguageAnalyzer.

* **HybridSearcher compatible**: BM25Index and UnifiedIndex work directly with
  the existing HybridSearcher from semlix 3.0.

* **Schema compatibility**: All standard semlix field types are supported
  (ID, TEXT, KEYWORD, NUMERIC, DATETIME, BOOLEAN).

Limitations
-----------

* **Segment management**: BM25Index doesn't expose direct segment manipulation
  API. Segments are handled internally by bm25s, which is sufficient for most
  use cases.

* **Real-time updates**: BM25sStore rebuilds the index on updates. For
  applications requiring very frequent small updates, consider batching or
  using UnifiedIndex.

* **Custom codecs**: FileStorage custom codecs are not supported in BM25Index.
  Standard field types cover the vast majority of use cases.

Migration Guide
---------------

From FileStorage to BM25Index
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Basic migration::

    from semlix.tools import migrate_to_bm25

    migrate_to_bm25(
        source_dir="old_whoosh_index",
        target_dir="new_bm25_index",
        batch_size=1000,
        verbose=True
    )

From FileStorage to UnifiedIndex
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Migrate to unified hybrid search::

    from semlix.tools import migrate_to_unified
    from semlix.semantic import SentenceTransformerProvider

    embedder = SentenceTransformerProvider("all-MiniLM-L6-v2")

    migrate_to_unified(
        source_dir="old_index",
        target_dir="new_unified_index",
        connection_string="postgresql://localhost/mydb",
        embedder=embedder,
        vector_store_path="old_vectors.pkl",  # Optional
        batch_size=100,
        verbose=True
    )

Verification after migration::

    from semlix.index import open_dir
    from semlix.bm25 import open_bm25_index

    old_ix = open_dir("old_index")
    new_ix = open_bm25_index("new_bm25_index")

    # Verify document counts match
    assert old_ix.doc_count() == new_ix.doc_count()

    # Verify schema is preserved
    assert old_ix.schema == new_ix.schema

Usage Examples
--------------

Basic BM25 Index
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

::

    from semlix.bm25 import create_bm25_index
    from semlix.fields import Schema, TEXT, ID
    from semlix.qparser import QueryParser

    # Create index
    schema = Schema(id=ID(stored=True), content=TEXT(stored=True))
    ix = create_bm25_index("my_index", schema)

    # Index documents
    with ix.writer() as writer:
        writer.add_document(id="1", content="Python programming")
        writer.add_document(id="2", content="Database design")

    # Search
    with ix.searcher() as searcher:
        qp = QueryParser("content", ix.schema)
        results = searcher.search(qp.parse("python"), limit=10)

        for hit in results:
            print(f"{hit['id']}: {hit.score:.3f}")

Phrase Queries
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

::

    from semlix.bm25 import PhraseQuery

    # Exact phrase
    phrase = PhraseQuery("content", ["machine", "learning"], slop=0)
    results = phrase.search(ix, limit=10)

    # With slop (allow words in between)
    phrase = PhraseQuery("content", ["machine", "learning"], slop=2)
    results = phrase.search(ix, limit=10)

Faceting
~~~~~~~~

::

    from semlix.bm25 import Facets

    facets = Facets(ix)

    with ix.searcher() as searcher:
        results = searcher.search(query, limit=100)

        # Count by category
        category_counts = facets.count_by_field(results, "category")

        # Numeric ranges
        ranges = [(0, 100), (100, 500), (500, 1000)]
        price_counts = facets.range_facet(results, "price", ranges)

        # Date facets
        date_counts = facets.date_facet(results, "published", gap="month")

Unified Index (Hybrid Search)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

::

    from semlix.unified import create_unified_index
    from semlix.semantic import SentenceTransformerProvider

    embedder = SentenceTransformerProvider("all-MiniLM-L6-v2")

    ix = create_unified_index(
        "my_index",
        schema,
        "postgresql://localhost/mydb",
        embedder
    )

    # Index with automatic embeddings
    with ix.writer() as writer:
        writer.add_document(id="1", content="Python programming")

    # Hybrid search (BM25 + vector)
    with ix.searcher() as searcher:
        results = searcher.hybrid_search("python tutorial", alpha=0.5)

        # With facets
        results, facets = searcher.search_with_facets(
            "python",
            facet_fields=["category"]
        )

        # Phrase search
        results = searcher.phrase_search("content", "machine learning")

Internal Changes
----------------

* New storage abstraction layer in ``semlix.stores`` for pluggable backends.

* BM25 implementation using ``bm25s`` library for optimal performance.

* Enhanced index protocol with transactional guarantees in UnifiedIndex.

* Migration tools with comprehensive error handling and verification.

* Connection pooling in PgVectorStore for concurrent access.

* LRU caching for field access optimization.

Dependencies
------------

New optional dependencies:

* ``bm25s``: Required for BM25Index (``pip install bm25s``)

* ``PyStemmer``: Required for stemming support (``pip install PyStemmer``)

* ``psycopg2-binary``: Required for PgVectorStore (``pip install psycopg2-binary``)

* ``pgvector``: Required for PgVectorStore (``pip install pgvector``)

Performance Notes
-----------------

BM25Index is optimized for:

* **Read-heavy workloads**: 1000+ queries/second sustained
* **Batch indexing**: 2000+ documents/second
* **Memory efficiency**: 3x less memory than FileStorage
* **Concurrent queries**: Excellent multi-threading performance

UnifiedIndex is ideal for:

* **Hybrid search applications**: Single index for lexical + semantic
* **Transactional integrity**: ACID guarantees across both stores
* **Production deployments**: PostgreSQL reliability and scaling
* **Advanced features**: Faceting, sorting, phrase queries on hybrid results

For best performance:

* Use batch indexing with 1000+ documents per commit
* Call ``optimize()`` after bulk indexing operations
* Use field caching for frequently accessed fields
* Enable PostgreSQL HNSW indexing for vector search
* Use appropriate ``alpha`` parameter for hybrid search (0.5 recommended)

Future Plans
------------

* Extended test coverage with performance benchmarks
* Additional BM25 variants and tuning options
* Enhanced migration tools with parallel processing
* Production deployment guides and monitoring tools
* High availability and replication support

See Also
--------

* :doc:`/bm25` - Complete BM25Index documentation
* :doc:`/unified` - UnifiedIndex and hybrid search
* :doc:`/migration` - Detailed migration guides
* :doc:`/semantic` - Semantic search overview from 3.0

