To use all-mpnet-base-v2 for embeddings, you load the model via a sentence embedding library and encode text inputs into fixed-length vectors (typically 768 dimensions). The recommended usage pattern is to embed sentences or short passages, not entire long documents. For long content, chunk it first—ideally along semantic boundaries like headings or paragraphs. Then batch encode chunks to maximize throughput and keep latency predictable. After encoding, many systems normalize vectors (L2 normalization) so cosine similarity behaves consistently and you can use inner product equivalently on normalized vectors.
In production, split the workflow into offline and online parts. Offline: embed your corpus once (or on a schedule), store vectors with metadata (doc ID, chunk ID, title, section, language, version, access scope), and build an index. Online: embed each user query in real time, search for nearest neighbors, and return the top-k chunks (optionally with a reranker). The details that make this reliable are consistency and observability: use the same preprocessing for documents and queries, keep chunking rules stable, log which chunks were retrieved, and run regression tests when you change anything. If you change chunking, you usually need to re-embed and re-index, which is why having a reproducible pipeline matters.
For scalable retrieval, store embeddings in a vector database such as Milvus or Zilliz Cloud. The typical flow is: encode(chunks) → insert(vectors, metadata) and then encode(query) → search(topK, filter). Metadata filters are especially valuable with all-mpnet-base-v2 because they prevent “conceptually related but wrong version” results and improve precision without changing the model. If you want to improve results further, tune chunk size, add overlap, and consider retrieving more candidates (top 20–50) before applying a stricter reranking rule. The model call is simple; the embedding pipeline and retrieval schema are what make it production-ready.
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