Modelling with Graphs by Alistair Jones at NoSQL Br 2011
From the description:
Neo4j is a powerful and expressive tool for storing, querying and manipulating data. However modelling data as graphs is quite different from modelling data under with relational databases. In this talk we’ll cover modelling business domains using graphs and show how they can be persisted and queried in the popular open source graph database Neo4j. We’ll contrast this approach with the relational model, and discuss the impact on complexity, flexibility and performance. We’ll also discuss strategies for deciding how to proceed when a graph allows multiple ways to represent the same concept, and explain the trade-offs involved. As a side-effect, we’ll examine some of the new tools for how to query graph data in Neo4j, and discuss architectures for using Neo4j in enterprise applications.
Alistair is a Software Engineer with Neo Technology, the company behind the popular open source graph database Neo4j.
Alistair has extensive experience as a developer, technical lead and architect for teams building enterprise software across a range of industries. He has a particular focus Domain Driven Design, and is an expert on Agile methodologies. Alistair often writes and presents on applying Agile principles to the discipline of performance testing.
Excellent presentation!
Anyone care to suggest a book on modeling or modeling with graphs?