So is this something any one of you have some more concrete ideas on? How would you implement it?
2014-07-09 7:27 GMT+02:00 Gagan Juneja <[email protected]>: > 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 > > > > > >
