branch: externals/vecdb commit c9af25b955153fcd5909389667d924ad217d16a9 Author: Andrew Hyatt <ahy...@gmail.com> Commit: Andrew Hyatt <ahy...@gmail.com>
Refine README to talk more about vectors --- README.org | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.org b/README.org index 1b022405e0..579befe6d3 100644 --- a/README.org +++ b/README.org @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ -#+TITLE: vecdb: Embedding Search Library for Emacs +#+TITLE: vecdb: Vector Search Library for Emacs * Introduction -The =vecdb= package provides an interface to embedding database. These databases enable "semantic search", which is a powerful way to search over meaning. This kind of search needs specialized storage and retrieval. +The =vecdb= package provides an interface to a vector database, where vectors are embeddings representing pieces of text. These databases enable "semantic search", which is a powerful way to search over meaning. This kind of search needs specialized storage and retrieval. This package doesn't provide end-user functionality on its own; it is designed to be used in other packages that need semantic search.