i think we are talking a little bit different. it doesnt matter what the variables are (your business logic) or some other variables.
Given a certain variable, tfidf/bm-25 will order by relevance and not by match. So it answers the question, what if the name match was off by two characters and the inventory number is less than 200.
tf-idf does not tell you what to order by...but it takes care of all the edge cases of ordering.
now if ur not using text match anywhere and only using business variables...then this entire thread is not for u. But FTS and lucene attack full text search primarily, and that's where the relevance vs ordering discussion comes from
Given a certain variable, tfidf/bm-25 will order by relevance and not by match. So it answers the question, what if the name match was off by two characters and the inventory number is less than 200.
tf-idf does not tell you what to order by...but it takes care of all the edge cases of ordering.
now if ur not using text match anywhere and only using business variables...then this entire thread is not for u. But FTS and lucene attack full text search primarily, and that's where the relevance vs ordering discussion comes from