- Introduced new documentation files under `docs/`:
- `model-bundling-analysis.md`: Provides detailed analysis of current, bundled, hybrid, and dynamic model loading approaches, including pros, cons, and recommendations.
- `model-management.md`: Explains how Brainy manages Universal Sentence Encoder models, including setup, usage, and troubleshooting.
- `optional-model-bundling.md`: Details the `@soulcraft/brainy-models` package for offline reliability with pre-bundled models.
- Added `src/utils/robustModelLoader.ts`:
- Implements enhanced model loading with retry mechanisms, timeout handling, fallback URLs, and optional local model bundling.
- Supports Node.js and browser environments with exponential backoff logic.
- Key Updates:
- **Hybrid Loading Strategy**: Recommended for balancing reliability and flexibility via hybrid online/offline mechanisms.
- **Enhanced Fallback Scenarios**: Robust loader improves network-dependent reliability for embedding workflows.
- **Offline Reliability Support**: Optional model bundling eliminates dependency on external services, supporting air-gapped and edge environments.
**Purpose**: Introduce a hybrid model loading approach with robust options for
- Added new scripts under `brainy-models-package/scripts`:
- **`compress-models.js`**: Implements model compression with float16 and int8 precision to create optimized variants of Universal Sentence Encoder models.
- **`download-full-models.js`**: Downloads the complete Universal Sentence Encoder model for offline usage.
- **`download-model.js`**: Downloads reference files for TensorFlow Hub-based Universal Sentence Encoder.
- Introduced a demonstration script:
- **`demo-optional-model-bundling.js`**: Highlights the solution of bundling models to eliminate network dependency, ensuring reliability and offline capability.
- Key Features:
- **Compression**:
- Reduced model size with float16 (balanced precision and size) and int8 (low-memory environments) options.
- Generated compression summaries for quick insights into model variants and saved space.
- **Offline Reliability**:
- Bundled versions eliminate first-load delays, network dependencies, and failures.
- Ensures rapid initialization in offline and memory-constrained scenarios.
- **Dynamic Optimization**:
- Tailored optimization profiles for various use cases: general, low-memory, and high-performance.
- **Demonstration and Documentation**:
- Comprehensive demo showcasing benefits of bundled models over online loading.
- Examples for usage, testing, and integration with Brainy.
**Purpose**: Introduce essential scripts and tools to enable efficient, offline-ready model usage, streamlining the embedding workflow while ensuring reliability in production and resource-constrained environments.
