Standard Tokenizer

The standard tokenizer in Milvus splits text based on spaces and punctuation marks, making it suitable for most languages.

Configuration

To configure an analyzer using the standard tokenizer, set tokenizer to standard in analyzer_params.

analyzer_params = {
    "tokenizer": "standard",
}

Map<String, Object> analyzerParams = new HashMap<>();
analyzerParams.put("tokenizer", "standard");

const analyzer_params = {
    "tokenizer": "standard",
};

analyzerParams = map[string]any{"tokenizer": "standard"}

# restful
analyzerParams='{
  "tokenizer": "standard"
}'

The standard tokenizer can work in conjunction with one or more filters. For example, the following code defines an analyzer that uses the standard tokenizer and lowercase filter:

analyzer_params = {
    "tokenizer": "standard",
    "filter": ["lowercase"]
}

Map<String, Object> analyzerParams = new HashMap<>();
analyzerParams.put("tokenizer", "standard");
analyzerParams.put("filter", Collections.singletonList("lowercase"));

const analyzer_params = {
    "tokenizer": "standard",
    "filter": ["lowercase"]
};

analyzerParams = map[string]any{"tokenizer": "standard", "filter": []any{"lowercase"}}

# restful
analyzerParams='{
  "tokenizer": "standard",
  "filter": [
    "lowercase"
  ]
}'

After defining analyzer_params, you can apply them to a VARCHAR field when defining a collection schema. This allows Milvus to process the text in that field using the specified analyzer for efficient tokenization and filtering. For details, refer to Example use.

Examples

Before applying the analyzer configuration to your collection schema, verify its behavior using the run_analyzer method.

Analyzer configuration

analyzer_params = {
    "tokenizer": "standard",
    "filter": ["lowercase"]
}

Map<String, Object> analyzerParams = new HashMap<>();
analyzerParams.put("tokenizer", "standard");
analyzerParams.put("filter", Collections.singletonList("lowercase"));

// javascript

analyzerParams = map[string]any{"tokenizer": "standard", "filter": []any{"lowercase"}}

# restful

Verification using run_analyzer

# Sample text to analyze
sample_text = "The Milvus vector database is built for scale!"

# Run the standard analyzer with the defined configuration
result = MilvusClient.run_analyzer(sample_text, analyzer_params)
print(result)

// java

// javascript

// go

# restful

Expected output

['the', 'milvus', 'vector', 'database', 'is', 'built', 'for', 'scale']