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Document Store

A Document Store is a database designed to store, retrieve, and manage document-oriented information, typically formatted as JSON, XML, or PDF structures. In RAG architectures, it holds the raw text associated with vector embeddings.

Frequently Asked Questions

Why does a RAG system need both a vector database and a document store?

The vector database searches for the matching IDs using mathematical embeddings. The document store retrieves the actual readable text associated with those IDs to feed to the LLM.

Give examples of databases acting as document stores.

MongoDB, Elasticsearch, and PostgreSQL JSONB columns.

Quick Facts

  • CategoryData Infrastructure
  • Key ApplicationRAG pipelines, knowledge management backends, and unstructured content retrieval.

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