Geoff This link is broken. New URL (and somewhat different explanatory text): http://nigelsmall.com/geoff
Nigel Small writes:
Geoff is a declarative notation for representing graph data within concise human-readable text, designed specifically with Neo4j in mind. It can be used to store snapshots within a flat file or to transmit data changes over a network stream.
A Geoff data set or file consists of a sequence of rules. Each rule comprises a descriptor and an optional set of data held as key:value pairs. The descriptor is a sequence of tokens, somewhat similar to the notation used in the Cypher query language and can designate additive or subtractive requirements for nodes and relationships as well as manipulations to index entries.
This looks like it will repay close study fairly quickly. More to follow.
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