From 7addc5ff8671ad97ffe506a79a2b39e260f75657 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Richard Newman Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2017 11:34:03 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] Add rnewman's notes about what Mentat is not. --- Thoughts:-what-it's-not.md | 11 +++++++++++ 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+) create mode 100644 Thoughts:-what-it's-not.md diff --git a/Thoughts:-what-it's-not.md b/Thoughts:-what-it's-not.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..f84dddc --- /dev/null +++ b/Thoughts:-what-it's-not.md @@ -0,0 +1,11 @@ +Not SQL. Queries and data are expressed via data structures. + +Not an ORM. Data and results are data-shaped, not object-shaped. + +Not just a graph store. Queries aren't expressed through paths, though paths can be part of them. + +Not a document store. + +Not NoSQL. Rich queries, rich types. + +Not schemaless. Schemas are an important part of thinking about a domain and characterizing storage and querying. \ No newline at end of file