Rag.NET.Abstractions 1.0.0

.NET 10.0 This package targets .NET 10.0. The package is compatible with this framework or higher. 
dotnet add package Rag.NET.Abstractions --version 1.0.0
                    


                    

                
NuGet\Install-Package Rag.NET.Abstractions -Version 1.0.0
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<PackageReference Include="Rag.NET.Abstractions" Version="1.0.0" />
For projects that support PackageReference, copy this XML node into the project file to reference the package. 
<PackageVersion Include="Rag.NET.Abstractions" Version="1.0.0" />
                    


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<PackageReference Include="Rag.NET.Abstractions" />
                    


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paket add Rag.NET.Abstractions --version 1.0.0
                    


                    

                
#r "nuget: Rag.NET.Abstractions, 1.0.0"
#r directive can be used in F# Interactive and Polyglot Notebooks. Copy this into the interactive tool or source code of the script to reference the package. 
#:package Rag.NET.Abstractions@1.0.0
#:package directive can be used in C# file-based apps starting in .NET 10 preview 4. Copy this into a .cs file before any lines of code to reference the package. 
#addin nuget:?package=Rag.NET.Abstractions&version=1.0.0
                    


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#tool nuget:?package=Rag.NET.Abstractions&version=1.0.0
                    


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Rag.NET.Abstractions

The contract layer of Rag.NET: the IRagPipeline, IVectorStore, IDocumentParser and IChunkingStrategy interfaces plus the shared models (DocumentMetadata, TextChunk, SearchResult, RagError) that every other Rag.NET package builds against.

Install

dotnet add package Rag.NET.Abstractions

Reference this package directly when you implement your own parser, chunking strategy, vector store or reranker in a library that should not drag in the full pipeline — the Rag.NET core package already includes it transitively.

Setup

There is nothing to register: this package only declares the shapes. A custom parser, for example, is one interface away:

using Rag.NET.Abstractions;

public sealed class CsvDocumentParser : IDocumentParser
{
    public bool CanParse(string contentType) => contentType == "text/csv";

    // ParseAsync turns the stream into the plain text the chunking stage consumes.
}

Example

The models carry a document through the pipeline. DocumentMetadata identifies the document, and its Tags travel to the vector store for metadata filtering later:

using Rag.NET.Models;

var metadata = new DocumentMetadata
{
    DocumentId  = new DocumentId("policy-hr-001"),
    FileName    = "hr-policy.docx",
    ContentType = "application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document",
    Tags = new Dictionary<string, MetadataValue>
    {
        ["category"] = "hr",
        ["version"]  = "2024-01",
    },
};

Full guide

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.NET net10.0 is compatible.  net10.0-android was computed.  net10.0-browser was computed.  net10.0-ios was computed.  net10.0-maccatalyst was computed.  net10.0-macos was computed.  net10.0-tvos was computed.  net10.0-windows was computed. 
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Chunking strategies for Rag.NET: hierarchical-merge, code-aware, late, proposition, token-aware and embedding-based semantic chunking
Rag.NET.Parsers.Office

Word, Excel and PowerPoint document parsers for Rag.NET

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