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Graph Databases: What? Why? and How?
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Nicky Wrightson
September 20, 2018
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Graph Databases: What? Why? and How?
Introduction to graph databases with a simple practical example
Nicky Wrightson
September 20, 2018
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Transcript
Graph databases: What? Why? and How? By Nicky Wrightson -
Principal Engineer @ FT
What? What is a graph database? Why? Why use a
graph database? How? How to use a graph database
What? What is a graph database?
Graph Theory G = (V, E) Where V is a
set of nodes also called vertices E is a set of edges also called links
“a graph database is a database designed to treat the
relationships between data as equally important to the data itself” Neo4J https://neo4j.com/developer/graph-database/
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What? What is a graph database? Why? Why use a
graph database?
Live demo time: http://www.six-degrees.ft.com
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Implicitly any content about horsemeat is also about food safety
and so on
What? What is a graph database? Why? Why use a
graph database? How? How to use a graph database
How can we store our Graph?
Triple Stores
PREFIX foaf: <http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/> SELECT ?name WHERE { ?person foaf:name ?name
. } Find me all subjects (?person) and objects (?name) linked with the foaf:name predicate
Cosmos DB Property Graphs
What makes a good candidate for a graph database?
https://github.com/nwrigh/game-of-thrones-dataset
https://github.com/nwrigh/game-of-thrones-dataset
https://github.com/nwrigh/game-of-thrones-dataset
https://github.com/nwrigh/game-of-thrones-dataset
LOAD CSV WITH HEADERS FROM “characters.csv” AS line https://github.com/nwrigh/game-of-thrones-dataset
https://github.com/nwrigh/game-of-thrones-dataset
Give me the details of who killed their own relative?
MATCH (killer:Person)- [:HAS_FATHER|:HAS_MOTHER|:HAS_SIBLING]- (relative:Person)-[:KILLED_BY]-(killer) RETURN killer, relative https://github.com/nwrigh/game-of-thrones-dataset
https://github.com/nwrigh/game-of-thrones-dataset
Other examples …. Which house killed the most? Which house
married the most? https://github.com/nwrigh/game-of-thrones-dataset
Gotchas with Property Graphs
Watch out for the size
Some more things to look out for
Conclusion
@nickywrightson We're hiring! https://ft.com/dev/null https://aboutus.ft.com/en-gb/careers/ Thanks!