One thing I realized I've missed is the impressive benchmarking TuGraph did with Gremlin for LDBC, https://ldbcouncil.org/benchmarks/snb-bi/, so I will be adding the following into #Community Health section just before mentioning JanusGraph:
We have also learned that TuGraph, being TinkerPop-enabled in its commercial offering, has recently set a new LDBC benchmark record with Gremlin as the query language, as announced under LDBC SNB Business Intelligence workload[2]. [2]https://ldbcouncil.org/benchmarks/snb-bi/ Note that the links in the report will be adjusted properly for the submission Cheers, Yang On Mon, Jan 8, 2024 at 7:11 PM Yang Xia <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > > Attached below is the draft for our board report for this quarter. Please > let me know if there is anything to add or edit. Thanks! > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ## Description: > > Apache TinkerPop is a graph computing framework for both graph databases > > (OLTP) and graph analytic systems (OLAP). > > ## Issues: > > There are no issues requiring board attention. > > ## Project Status: > > The project is ongoing with relatively high activities this past quarter. > > ## Membership Data: > > Community changes, past quarter: > > - No new PMC members. Last addition was Yang Xia on 2023-03-15. > > - No new committer. Last addition was Cole Greer on 2023-05-30 > > > ## Project Activity: > > TinkerPop just released versions 3.5.8, 3.6.6, and 3.7.1 on November 20, > 2023. This is another triple release with new features included into 3.7.1, > and maintenance releases for 3.6.6 and 3.5.8. This release also marked the > end of the 3.5.x release line, users and providers have been recommended to > upgrade. > > > With the release of 3.7.1, one of our biggest releases this year, we have > added over 20 new traversal functions for manipulating strings, lists, and > dates. These new functions will provide convenience for users in data > querying and manipulation, as it removes the need for certain complex > closures operations, and bridges a functionalities gap for providers that > don't allow closures for performance or security reasons. > > > We will be monitoring community feedback on these new functionalities for > issues and improvements in the next release cycle. > > > In the wider TinkerPop ecosystem, we recently learned of the launch of a > graph data lakehouse, PuppyGraph[1]. PuppyGraph is a TinkerPop enabled, > cloud-native graph system that allows users to run gremlin graph queries > against existing tabular data, and supports a wide array of databases and > data lakes as sources including Apache Hive, Apache Hudi, Apache Iceberg, > MySQL, and PostgreSql. > > Additionally, JanusGraph, a long-time provider for TinkerPop, has launched > their full 1.0.0 release on TinkerPop 3.7.0 in October. [2] > > > ### Releases: > > 3.5.8 was released on 2023-11-20. > > 3.6.6 was released on 2023-11-20. > > 3.7.1 was released on 2023-11-20. > > > ## Community Health: > > > Overall, the community is in good health. We have seen new PR > contributions this quarter in various modules of the project, and we > continue to foster and monitor contribution activity for potential new > committers. > > > We again had some live events on Twitch[3], with an exciting roadmap > update from G.V() and a debut talk from the new TinkerPop provider, > PuppyGraph. All the recordings are available on > > our YouTube channel[4]: > > > * TinkerPop Wide: G.V() October 2023 Roadmap with Q&A[5] > > Presenter: Arthur Bigeard > > > * TinkerPop Wide: PuppyGraph - Query your tables as a graph with Gremlin[6] > > Presenter: Weimo > > > * Contributorcast: Apache TinkerPop 3.7.1/3.6.6/3.5.8 Post-Release Review - > > Presenter: Yang Xia, Valentyn Kahamlyk, Cole Greer, Ken Hu, and Ryan Tan > > > * TinkerPop Gathering: We have hosted several 1-hour free-chat events on > the Discord channel, they have been crucial in gaining user feedback on the > new traversal functionalities in development, and has helped propel the > feature releases in 3.7.1 this quarter. > > > ## Links > > > [1]: > https://puppygraph.com/media/f/doing-graph-tabular-analytics-directly-on-modern-data-lakes > > [2]: https://github.com/JanusGraph/janusgraph/releases/tag/v1.0.0 > > [3]: https://www.twitch.tv/apachetinkerpop > > [4]: https://www.youtube.com/@apachetinkerpop > > [5]: https://youtu.be/OQfcOrXoj9M?si=VaNjhJZXqhA-IFQG > > [6]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtNfawMAnDs > > > > *------------------------------------------------------------------------------------* > *Yang Xia* >
