Need for VIEWs in graph systems Barry Zane, Cambridge Semantics
VIEWs make complex relationships look simple Vision Researchers - Raw Underlying Data Business Users - Cleansed, Aggregated and Harmonized Data Greater Self-Service SQL View - Derived rectangle But is just a single tabular result Used in a SQL query as one would reference a table SPARQL/Cypher View - Derived graph Arbitrarily complex (or simple) graphs Presentable in applications as “Data Layers” Used in a SPARQL/Cypher query as one references a graph