--- title: "Topic Extraction with Neo4j GDS for Better Semantic Search in RAG Applications" url: https://daily.dev/posts/topic-extraction-with-neo4j-gds-for-better-semantic-search-in-rag-applications-pmqc2oapd source_url: https://medium.com/neo4j/topic-extraction-with-neo4j-graph-data-science-for-better-semantic-search-c5b7f56c7715 type: article source: "neo4j" published: 2024-05-08T20:16:07.085Z updated: 2024-05-09T08:20:02.615Z tags: ["architecture", "neo4j", "vector-search"] reading_time: 16 upvotes: 5 comments: 0 language: 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. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#architecture](https://daily.dev/tags/architecture), [#neo4j](https://daily.dev/tags/neo4j), [#vector-search](https://daily.dev/tags/vector-search) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/topic-extraction-with-neo4j-gds-for-better-semantic-search-in-rag-applications-pmqc2oapd)