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  "altLabels": [
    "Initial Ranking"
  ],
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    {
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    },
    {
      "target": "dual-encoder",
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  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/",
  "modifiedAt": "2026-09-12T21:39:00Z",
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    "url": "https://searchplex.net/"
  },
  "relations": [
    {
      "target": "ranking",
      "type": "broader"
    },
    {
      "note": "First-stage ranking orders items; candidate retrieval may only select a candidate set.",
      "target": "candidate-retrieval",
      "type": "notEquivalentTo"
    },
    {
      "target": "multi-stage-ranking",
      "type": "partOf"
    },
    {
      "target": "candidate-retrieval",
      "type": "related"
    },
    {
      "target": "reranking",
      "type": "related"
    }
  ],
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    "jsonld": "https://id.searchplex.net/first-stage-ranking.jsonld"
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  "scheme": "https://id.searchplex.net/scheme/",
  "scopeNote": "Use this when the first stage produces an ordered list, not merely an unordered candidate set.",
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      "community": "industry",
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