Maybe I can try to clarify my ideas a bit.
When a cluster of nodes is persistent (the same nodes relate to each other
to, say, uniquely identify an individual person) I would like to be able to
link the cluster without losing the identity of the component nodes. Since
all my individual nodes are potentially reusable I can still connect to
them if a design requires it, but creating a relationship to a cluster
should be similar to doing a join without knowing what other information is
attached.
Clear as mud?
On Thursday, March 10, 2016 at 12:31:49 PM UTC-7, John O'Gorman wrote:
>
> I am working with a Neo4J model that uses a finite set of Labels based on
> the six interrogatives (Who, What, When, Where, Why and How) and on a
> similarly constrained set of relationships: Is_A, Is_Has, Is_Part_Has,
> Is_Precedent_Has, Is_Equivalent_Has and Is_Property_Has. Since the nature
> of a Relationship in this model uses nodes instead of arbitrary edges (i.e.
> "Lives_In" for the example below, I end up with statements (in pseudo
> Cypher) like the following:
>
> :Person {'Fred Flinstone'} - [:Is_Has] -> :Status {'Resident'} <-
> [:Is_Has} - :Place {'Bedrock'}
>
> My question is: I was wondering if I can assign a unique identifier (or a
> URI) to the statement above in order to reference it (establish a new
> relationship to it) later.
>
> I am thinking it would be a better alternative than hyper-edges.
>
> Thoughts? Other than (WTH is he thinking?) :D
>
> Thanks.
>
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