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How does Atomic Data relate to Graph Databases?

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Atomic Data is fundamentally a graph data model. We can think of Atomic Resources as nodes, and links to other resources through properties as edges. In the first section, we'll take a look at Atomic-Server as a Graph Database. After that, we'll explore how Atomic Data relates to some graph technologies. Neo4j is a popular graph database that supports multiple query languages. The first difference is that Atomic Data is not a single piece of software but a specification. However, we can compare Neo4j as a product with the open source Atomic-Server. Atomic-Server is fully open source and free (MIT licensed), whereas Neo4j is partially open source and GPL licensed. The data model of Neo4j features a labeled property graph, which means that edges (relationships between nodes) can have their own properties. This can be useful when adding data to relationship between nodes. For example: in the john - (knows) -> mary relationship, you might want to specify for how long they have known each o

How does Atomic Data relate to Graph Databases? Keyboard shortcuts Press ← or → to navigate between chapters Press S or / to search in the book Press ? to show this help Press Esc to hide this help Auto Light Rust Coal Navy Ayu Atomic Data Docs Atomic Data and Graph Databases Atomic Data is fundamentally a graph data model . We can think of Atomic Resources as nodes , and links to other resources through properties as edges . In the first section, we’ll take a look at Atomic-Server as a Graph Database. After that, we’ll explore how Atomic Data relates to some graph technologies. Atomic-Server

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