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Topic extraction from documents... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/topic-extraction-with-neo4j-gds-for-better-semantic-search-in-rag-applications-pmqc2oapd og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/PMQC2oaPd.png og:image:alt: Topic Extraction with Neo4j GDS for Better Semantic Search in RAG Applications og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Topic Extraction with Neo4j GDS for Better Semantic Search in RAG Applications **[neo4j](https://daily.dev/sources/neo4j)** · 16 min read · 5 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Semantic search allows retrieval of documents based on the meaning of a query, even if the exact keywords are not present. Topic extraction from documents helps improve semantic search by identifying relevant topics. Neo4j with GDS provides a rich toolset for topic-based semantic search, allowing representation of documents and topics as a knowledge graph and enabling efficient searches. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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