2.2.10.1 Keyword Search

In the case when none of the following sections "Phrasal Matching", "Keyword Exclusion", "Keyword Inclusion", or "Property Searches" apply, the protocol server MUST interpret the query text that the user typed as a sequence of tokens. The exact way the protocol server extracts the tokens from the query text is an implementation detail, but it SHOULD take into account the language in which the search query was formulated. By default, an item matches the search query if it contains all of the extracted tokens. This behavior can be modified such that an item matches the search query if it contains any of the extracted tokens.

There are some exceptions to this interpretation of SharePoint Search keyword queries. Those exceptions are detailed in the following sections.