Use case

Semantic Source Search

Use vector similarity for legislation, legislation articles, court decisions, and commentary when the wording differs from the indexed text.

API example

Request

GET/sources/search

Query parameters

query: protection against unfair dismissal
searchMode: semantic
jurisdiction: ch
sourceTypes: law,article,court_decision,commentary
limit: 10

Result

Example

{
  "legislation": {
    "results": [
      {
        "id": "example-result",
        "sourceType": "law",
        "title": "Example semantic source search result",
        "jurisdiction": "ch",
        "language": "en"
      }
    ],
    "pagination": {
      "total": 1,
      "limit": 10,
      "offset": 0
    },
    "tookMs": 42
  }
}

Relevant source types

lawarticlecourt_decisioncommentary

Common filters

Combine text search with structured filters such as:

querysearchModejurisdictionregionsourceTypeslanguagepreferredLanguagedocumentTypestatusnumberarticleNumbersourceId

Next steps

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