Interesting stuff!! I was looking something similar to this and came across one good blog[1], Though It is not possible to provide all sql features but yes there are ways that would help in simulating Graph database as RDBMS.
Regards, Gagan [1] https://www.simple-talk.com/sql/t-sql-programming/experiments-with-neo4j-using-a-graph-database-as-a-sql-server-metadata-hub/ On Tue, Jul 8, 2014 at 6:44 PM, Kasper Sørensen < [email protected]> wrote: > My knowledge of graph databases is pretty sparse I must admit. I do recall > another request for something similar, namely semantic web models [1] but > we didn't get that far in designing how it would work... > > I guess my primary stand would be that "as long as we can map it to a > tabular format of some sort, then it is good". MetaModel has a > schema/table/column like model and that allows us to make our metadata and > query API quite consistent ... Of course I might be missing some good > alternative way of modelling stuff. > > For the graph databases, maybe each node could be modelled as a table, and > each relation as another? Just a idea with no real experience to draw on > :-) > > > [1] > > http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/metamodel-dev/201402.mbox/%3CCAFnmbpU80MR4J+BT7VnCQSpKYPBtgMDChKm=rl2njzcrfo2...@mail.gmail.com%3E > > > 2014-07-08 11:19 GMT+02:00 Ankit Kumar <[email protected]>: > > > Hi All, > > > > I wanted to discuss a new feature addition to Metamodel. > > > > Feature addition: - Add support to work with graph databases in > Metamodel. > > > > Reason: - As metamodel is the storage abstraction layer above most of the > > well know datastores, graph databases are getting used more and more. > Isn't > > it time to add that support if possible? > > > > Challenges: - Graph databases are quite different in the way they store, > > the API and the query language used is quite different so it might not be > > straightforward to add this. > > I specifically checked the Neo4J database and it does have a Java API for > > querying, it also has Spring Data project(do not know if we can use that > or > > use some aspect from it). > > > > If someone has used a graph database through Java and also is using > > Metamodel may be can provide some valuable insights. > > > > Do please share your thoughts on the same. > > > > Regards > > Ankit > > >
