1 day agoMember-onlyWhat is Schema-Aware Semantic Search?Schema-Aware Semantic Search with FactEngine — There are multiple ways that Schema-Aware Semantic Search has been delivered; this article focuses on how it is achieved using FactEngine. Let us has a look at what Schema-Aware Semantic Search is. The term, “Semantic Search”, generally means: Returning results for a natural language query over a knowledge store where…Schema Aware Search8 min readSchema Aware Search8 min read
1 day agoMember-onlyEverything is a Node in FactEngine, bar EdgesIn defense of graphs within graphs — and/or hypergraphs — For those of you familiar with FactEngine Query Language (FEQL), you may have noticed that every piece of data is considered as if it were a node in a graph database. Take the following FEQL query for instance: The FEQL query is asking to show a list of employees that…Graph Database4 min readGraph Database4 min read
Jan 27Member-onlyNL-2-(SQL, Cypher, TypeQL)Solving the Natural Language Query puzzle with FactEngine — Nl To Sql2 min readNl To Sql2 min readFactEngine Natural Language Query Architecture. Image by author.NL-2-(SQL, Cypher, TypeQL)Solving the Natural Language Query puzzle with FactEngine----
Oct 24, 2022Member-onlyObject-Role Modeling & AmbiguityA suitable counterexample to the notion that Object-Role Modeling is unambiguous — We take a model for a UoD (Universe of Discourse) where we model the data requirements to store information about Round the World Tickets for an Airline. The scenario is where a person outlines the cities and countries that they would like to visit, and where the data model captures…Object Role Modeling4 min readObject Role Modeling4 min read
Sep 5, 2022Member-onlyAll of logic is a gameGame Theory, Communications Theory and Formal Logic — The central thesis of my research is that formal logic may be considered under game theory and communications theory under what I call a Coherent Cooperative Game of Formal Logic. The metatheory is that a Coherent Cooperative Game of Formal Logic (CCGFL) adequately describes the machinations that people engage in…6 min read6 min read
Aug 31, 2022Member-onlyNot so fast Walid SabaWe definitely learn common sense — One of my newly found and favourite authors on logic, Walid Saba, just posted an article with the title “Why Commonsense Knowledge is not (and can not be) Learned”. Woh! Now there is a challenge for you. Take it if you dare. I do. My research revolves around all of…4 min read4 min read
Published in Towards Data Science·Jun 3, 2022Member-onlyWhat Is a Relational Knowledge Graph?Exploring the future of graph databases and knowledge graphs — If the term Relational Knowledge Graph is not on your radar, I suspect it soon will be. Bob Muglia, former CEO of Snowflake is now a board director of a startup that is promoting the new paradigm. My earlier thinking of nomenclature gravitated towards introduction of the term graphational databases…Knowledge Graph7 min readKnowledge Graph7 min read
May 31, 2022Member-onlyProperty Graph Schema & Link Fact TypesPart of The Future of Graph Databases Series — Pt. 2 — In a previous article in this series I outlined where the Boston conceptual modelling software represents edge types in property graph schema (PGS) that represent many-to-many relationships as a link with a double arrow. The image above shows edge types (e.g. Session is at Cinema) as a dashed line. …4 min read4 min read
May 30, 2022Member-onlyProperty Graph Schema…n-to-nPart of The Future of Graph Databases Series — Pt. 1 — My business, FactEngine, makes a software tool for the development of Property Graph Schema (PGS) for the design of graph databases, and I have a vested interest in the future of graph databases. One of the biggest problems with current trends in Property Graph Schema development is the lack of…3 min read3 min read
Jan 22, 2022Member-onlyODBC — “Will it blend?”Open Database Connectivity and “Relational always wins” — In a recent interview, Molham Aref of Relational.AI claimed that “Relational always wins”, intimating that of all the database paradigms that of the relational database always wins. When I think about these things I tend to agree with Molham, but for reasons not discussed in the interview…that reason being a…Will It Blend3 min readWill It Blend3 min read
