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QUESTION & ANSWER

Multimodal Knowledge Base vs. RAG

If knowledge is mainly structured Word, PDF and web pages, ordinary text RAG is usually more economical. If key answers depend on photographic areas, complex tables, project drawings, audio or video clips, multimodular resolution, cross-media index and reversible references are required. Do not upgrade the concept of “multi-modular” directly, but check whether the text RAG is sufficient with real questions.

Answer the question.

First, give conclusions that can be used for decision-making

The normal RAG typically retrieves text after it has been split and allows the model to respond to the text clips; the polymodular knowledge base also understands pictures, tables, plates, drawings, audio and video, and saves page areas, time code, objects, versions and permissions. Selecting is not critical to suffixing the file, but the user question is based on the following: if the picture and video are still accurate, a complex multimodular link is not necessary; if the question concerns location, size relationship, visual state or original section of the picture, then the visual or audio evidence is retained.

DECISION FACTORS

What conditions need to be identified before judgement is made?

The same question may have different answers under different business, data and project phases. It is suggested that the following conditions be checked and that the common findings on the web be incorporated into their own projects.

Whether the answer depends on the photo area, drawing relationship or audio-visual time segmentWhether key structures and professional meanings will be lost after OCR or transliterationWhether to request answers to return to original drawing, page or video clip checkMulti-modular model call, index and assess whether cost matches business value
ACTION STEPS

Suggested order of advance

01

First, we'll be clear about the target and the border.

Collects the user's real questions and marks the medium for the answer.

02

Validation Key Dependence

Establish a minimum cost baseline using text resolution schemes.

03

Development of assessable outcomes

Verifying multi-modular search for failure of text programmes.

04

Make sure you decide the next step with the real results.

Production routes are determined by quality, reference, delay and cost.

PRACTICAL EXAMPLE

How do you understand it in the actual business?

Example used to illustrate the method of judgement

Equipment maintenance staff ask “the type of malfunction for which red lights on the right side of the panel are scintillated continuously”, and the answer relies on the equipment’s photographs, illustrations and historical maintenance videos. The conversion of the description book to text may not lead to visual location relationships. Multi-modular knowledge base should return to specific icons and video time segments and associate equipment types and document versions. Examples do not represent the performance of a particular client, and actual conclusions need to be verified in conjunction with the enterprise’s own business volume, sample, system and responsibility boundaries.

COMMON RISKS

The easiest pit to step on.

All PDFs are sent directly to expensive multi-modular models.

Only for graphic description, not for original area and version

Use several presentation questions instead of real assessments of submedia

ACCEPTANCE

How should we end up receiving and confirming?

The receipt and inspection should be based on the statistical analysis of the integrity of the text, the table, the picture, the drawing and the audio and video questions, respectively, the target clip recall, the reference location, the quality of the answer, the refusal and the permission. Each key answer should be able to be checked back to the authorized original page, section or time segment and be effective at the agreed time after the knowledge has been updated.

When preparing to communicate with suppliers or internal teams, it is recommended that current processes, representative samples, existing systems, planning time and budget levels be brought. First, the unknown items are clearly marked, and then the decision is made to use diagnostics, PoC, fixed-range projects or ongoing research and development, which is usually more reliable than a direct demand for a price and duration without borders.

Your project conditions are different from the examples above?

Operational objectives, existing systems, sample and planned time could be collated before consultants could make preliminary judgements in relation to actual boundaries.

Associate project consultants