1. Need for VIEWs in graph systems
Barry Zane, Cambridge Semantics

2. 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