: That link appears to be referring to normalized scores (everything is <
: 1.0). Is it also not safe to use a threshold for raw scores?
Nope. The basic flaw in comparing scores between two queries still holds
... early messages in the threads linked to go into more detail, but as i
recall, the
> 2) independent of the scores being different, it is not safe to try and
> pick a score threshold, this is mentioned in the FAQ...
>
> http://wiki.apache.org/jakarta-lucene/LuceneFAQ#head-912c1f237bb00259185353182948e5935f0c2f03
That link appears to be referring to normalized scores (everythin
: 1) I create an index with one document with a searchable field of "All
: dogs are brown." If I search on that index with a query of "All dogs
: are brown." I do not get a hit with score 1.0, but something low like
: 0.38. I tried looking at the scoring algorithm and can't make heads or
: tail