+1 for plural names, because when you grab the property from the vertex you get back a list.
I hear "the RDF" motivation but still like plural multi-prop names better. Bob On Mon, Jun 29, 2015 at 9:34 AM, Marko A. Rodriguez (JIRA) <j...@apache.org> wrote: > > [ > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/TINKERPOP3-751?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:all-tabpanel > ] > > Marko A. Rodriguez closed TINKERPOP3-751. > ----------------------------------------- > Resolution: Won't Fix > Assignee: Marko A. Rodriguez > > I don't think multi-properties should have plural key names. The > convention espoused by TinkerPop3 is taken from the RDF world. > > {code} > 1--name-->marko > 1--name-->mrodriguez > 1--created-->2 > 1--created-->3 > {code} > > Like edges that go from vertex-to-vertex, vertex-to-literal "edges" are > also singularly named. > > > Vertex property docs use singular nouns for multi-properties > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > Key: TINKERPOP3-751 > > URL: > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/TINKERPOP3-751 > > Project: TinkerPop 3 > > Issue Type: Improvement > > Components: documentation > > Reporter: Bryn Cooke > > Assignee: Marko A. Rodriguez > > Priority: Minor > > > > http://www.tinkerpop.com/docs/3.0.0-SNAPSHOT/#vertex-properties > > The current docs seem to suggest folks should use singular nouns for > properties in all circumstances. However in graph databases with schema > this will cause issues where people will find themselves with name clashes > between single and multi-property definitions. > > Perhaps write a section on naming conventions. For instance labels > should be the class of elements, properties should be singular-nouns, > multi-properties should be plural nouns? > > > > -- > This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA > (v6.3.4#6332) >
