Category

Knowledge graph

How GraphCanon models tools as a connected graph instead of a flat directory - the pieces that make a graph a graph.

• Entities
• Nodes
• Edges
• Provenance

8 terms

• Canonical

  The canonical version is the single official form of something - one URL, one name, one record - that all variants and duplicates resolve to.

• Edge (relationship)

  An edge is a connection between two nodes - the relationship that makes a graph a graph.

• Entity

  An entity is a real-world actor in the graph - an organization or person - that tools can be linked to, such as the company that maintains a repo.

• Knowledge graph

  A knowledge graph stores information as entities connected by typed relationships, so meaning lives in the connections - not just in rows of a table.

• Node

  A node is a single thing in a graph - in GraphCanon, usually one tool, category, or entity.

• Provenance

  Provenance is the recorded origin of a piece of data - where it came from, how it was derived, and when - so a claim can be traced and trusted.

• Taxonomy

  A taxonomy is a controlled, agreed-upon set of categories used to classify things consistently, rather than free-form tags.

• Typed edge

  A typed edge is a relationship with a named kind - such as alternative, integrates_with, depends_on, or successor - so the connection is precise.

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