In the Proposition 2.1 of the paper 'Nodes and the Hodge conjecture', R.P.THOMAS gives a proof to descending the Hodge conjecture into showing that every (n,n)-Hodge class in a $2n$-dimensional smooth projective complex variety is algebraic.
However, I can't understand the part of relative Hilbert scheme there. Since the Hilbert scheme there seems different from the usual one and I even can't find the definition. I am wondering if anyone could explain to me about this or provide to me with some proper references.