Chapter 1: Introduction to Graph Data Modeling
Models of the World
What is a Graph Data Model?
Why is Graph Data Modeling Important?
Data, Information, and Knowledge
The Knowledge Triangle
From Sensor Data To Concepts
Models and Algorithms
Case Study: Page Rank
A story about Google and the Page Rank algorithm developed at Stanford by Larry Page.
Other Related Models
Relational
Analytical
Key Value Stores
Document Models
The ISO Graph Query Language (GQL)
Graph Models and LLMs
The Future of Graph Databases
Conventions Used In This Book
We use title case for names of nodes and all uppercase with underscores for the names of edges. We use lower case for attributes.
This convention allows us to quickly see the data type when reading queries.
Callouts and Annotations
In order to enhance the readability of this book we use the following callouts and annotations:
Note
Sample note text.
Warning
Prompt