Let's say that I'm creating an employee database where each employee is represented as a vertex. When I create my database I have a choice, use the employee's name as the name for the vertex, or use their associated employee identification number. A person's name is not guaranteed to be unique, it's entirely possible to have two unrelated employees name "John Coincidence Doe", while as the company administers identification numbers they can be guaranteed to be monotonically unique.
As OrientDB is multi-model database the vertex can contain easily any additional information such as name, ID, location, birthday, ad infinitum in the form of a JSON document. Does it matter which string is used to name the vertices or is it simply a matter of personal preference? Thanks for your time, Adam Hunt -- --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "OrientDB" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
