# Misc

**URL:** https://discuss.dgraph.io/c/misc/9.md?page=2

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## [GraphWrangler: Extracting graphs from tabular data](https://discuss.dgraph.io/t/graphwrangler-extracting-graphs-from-tabular-data/4641)

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**Author:** [@nanzum](https://discuss.dgraph.io/u/nanzum)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 19, 2019, 11:33pm UTC](https://discuss.dgraph.io/t/graphwrangler-extracting-graphs-from-tabular-data/4641 "2019-06-19T23:33:53Z")

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Hi, I am Nafisa Anzum, a Master’s student at the University of Waterloo in Canada. For my Master’s thesis, I am developing a software called GraphWrangler, to help users extract graph out of tabular data (e.g., CSV file…

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## [Full text search not correct in sort](https://discuss.dgraph.io/t/full-text-search-not-correct-in-sort/4606)

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**Author:** [@quanghaisoft](https://discuss.dgraph.io/u/quanghaisoft)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [June 12, 2019, 2:42pm UTC](https://discuss.dgraph.io/t/full-text-search-not-correct-in-sort/4606 "2019-06-12T14:42:52Z")

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{ search(func: has(product\_category), first:10 ) @filter( anyoftext(product\_productname,"iphone 4") ) { product\_productname } } and the result is { "product\_productname": "Siemens…

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## [Expected a value variable in cond but missing](https://discuss.dgraph.io/t/expected-a-value-variable-in-cond-but-missing/4596)

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**Author:** [@quanghaisoft](https://discuss.dgraph.io/u/quanghaisoft)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [June 10, 2019, 3:52pm UTC](https://discuss.dgraph.io/t/expected-a-value-variable-in-cond-but-missing/4596 "2019-06-10T15:52:34Z")

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{ var(func:allofterms(name@en, "steven spielbeABC")) { films as director.film { p as count(starring) q as count(genre) date as initial\_release\_date years as math(since(date)/(365\*24\*60\*60)) …

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## [Open source Pregel+Dgraph implementations?](https://discuss.dgraph.io/t/open-source-pregel-dgraph-implementations/4583)

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**Author:** [@vevawu](https://discuss.dgraph.io/u/vevawu)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 6, 2019, 5:13pm UTC](https://discuss.dgraph.io/t/open-source-pregel-dgraph-implementations/4583 "2019-06-06T17:13:25Z")

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On the database comparison page\[0\], Pregel is described as something that can be run along side DGraph to perform certain heavy operations, presumably in batches or crons. Is there an existing open source Pregel implemen…

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## [Turn off mailing list and activity summary emails by default in this forum](https://discuss.dgraph.io/t/turn-off-mailing-list-and-activity-summary-emails-by-default-in-this-forum/4468)

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**Author:** [@waynebloss](https://discuss.dgraph.io/u/waynebloss)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 15, 2019, 12:21am UTC](https://discuss.dgraph.io/t/turn-off-mailing-list-and-activity-summary-emails-by-default-in-this-forum/4468 "2019-05-15T00:21:19Z")

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I signed up to this forum to discuss things and ask questions. Next thing you know I’m getting a daily email from all of the topics on here. I had to spend time to find the right settings to disable. Wish someone woul…

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## [Dgraph-js-extras a helper library for dgraph-js](https://discuss.dgraph.io/t/dgraph-js-extras-a-helper-library-for-dgraph-js/4404)

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**Author:** [@vespertilian](https://discuss.dgraph.io/u/vespertilian)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 27, 2019, 5:33am UTC](https://discuss.dgraph.io/t/dgraph-js-extras-a-helper-library-for-dgraph-js/4404 "2019-04-27T05:33:51Z")

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So, I have a helper library I have been writting to drive my NodeJS app. It’s jus a collection of functions that use dgraph-js. It has no dependencies other than the peer dependencies of dgraph-js and grpc. One sampl…

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## [Default Email Preferences](https://discuss.dgraph.io/t/default-email-preferences/4371)

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**Author:** [@ccorcos](https://discuss.dgraph.io/u/ccorcos)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [April 23, 2019, 3:50am UTC](https://discuss.dgraph.io/t/default-email-preferences/4371 "2019-04-23T03:50:09Z")

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I signed up for this Forum on Saturday and I found ~30 emails this morning from random posts (in Chinese no less) that I was not involved in. Someone should probably make the default settings less spammy to make this for…

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## [THE INDUSTRY Best Practice of graph database](https://discuss.dgraph.io/t/the-industry-best-practice-of-graph-database/4334)

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**Author:** [@mandyzore](https://discuss.dgraph.io/u/mandyzore)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 17, 2019, 5:50am UTC](https://discuss.dgraph.io/t/the-industry-best-practice-of-graph-database/4334 "2019-04-17T05:50:51Z")

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What’s your best practice in industry by using graph database?

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## [Spark, GraphX, machine learning](https://discuss.dgraph.io/t/spark-graphx-machine-learning/924)

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**Author:** [@jchiu](https://discuss.dgraph.io/u/jchiu)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [March 7, 2019, 3:15pm UTC](https://discuss.dgraph.io/t/spark-graphx-machine-learning/924 "2019-03-07T15:15:49Z")

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Spark is very much like Google Cloud Dataflow in the sense that instead of writing mapreduces and chaining them together manually, you can treat your data as fancy arrays. In Spark, these fancy arrays are called RDDs. In…

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## [Dgraph client in rust](https://discuss.dgraph.io/t/dgraph-client-in-rust/2189)

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**Author:** [@davidB](https://discuss.dgraph.io/u/davidB)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 5, 2019, 8:42am UTC](https://discuss.dgraph.io/t/dgraph-client-in-rust/2189 "2019-02-05T08:42:11Z")

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Hi, I started a client for dgraph in rust using grpc. The code is hosted on github. And I port the sample in go (review welcome) https://github.com/davidB/dgraph\_client-rs/blob/master/examples/dgraph\_tuto01/main.rs#L…

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## [GraphBLAS integration?](https://discuss.dgraph.io/t/graphblas-integration/3527)

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**Author:** [@the-alchemist](https://discuss.dgraph.io/u/the-alchemist)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 7, 2018, 4:59am UTC](https://discuss.dgraph.io/t/graphblas-integration/3527 "2018-12-07T04:59:43Z")

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I’m wondering if there’s plans to integrate with GraphBLAS. I realize that it’s a technical challenge, as most GraphBLAS implementations are written in C/C++ and there might be a data model mismatch (sparse matrices), b…

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## [Sparse adjacency matrices instead of posting lists?](https://discuss.dgraph.io/t/sparse-adjacency-matrices-instead-of-posting-lists/3583)

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**Author:** [@the-alchemist](https://discuss.dgraph.io/u/the-alchemist)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 13, 2018, 11:29pm UTC](https://discuss.dgraph.io/t/sparse-adjacency-matrices-instead-of-posting-lists/3583 "2018-11-13T23:29:50Z")

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Based on some reading and going through the code, looks like Dgraph uses posting lists/adjacency lists. It appears this vocabulary comes from Facebook? We’re interested in doing some research to see if Dgraph would ben…

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## [Need some suggestions on correctly modelling data as a graph](https://discuss.dgraph.io/t/need-some-suggestions-on-correctly-modelling-data-as-a-graph/3508)

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**Author:** [@sutoor](https://discuss.dgraph.io/u/sutoor)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 29, 2018, 7:38am UTC](https://discuss.dgraph.io/t/need-some-suggestions-on-correctly-modelling-data-as-a-graph/3508 "2018-10-29T07:38:05Z")

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Hi, We have internet network data (packets sent, received, return trip times, packet loss etc) that is highly connected with locations (countries, cities etc), devices(ios, desktop), apps (youtube, reddit) & ofcourse ti…

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## [Formal methods for Dgraph](https://discuss.dgraph.io/t/formal-methods-for-dgraph/3331)

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**Author:** [@Guido\_Stepken](https://discuss.dgraph.io/u/Guido_Stepken)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 3, 2018, 9:32pm UTC](https://discuss.dgraph.io/t/formal-methods-for-dgraph/3331 "2018-10-03T21:32:27Z")

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When reading this: http://jepsen.io/analyses/dgraph-1-0-2 , for me it again became clear, that you can’t test quality into complex software. If you don’t systematically cover all possible scenarios for all numbers of eng…

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## [GraphQL + Graph Databases discussion on Spectrum](https://discuss.dgraph.io/t/graphql-graph-databases-discussion-on-spectrum/3308)

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**Author:** [@good-idea](https://discuss.dgraph.io/u/good-idea)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 1, 2018, 7:00pm UTC](https://discuss.dgraph.io/t/graphql-graph-databases-discussion-on-spectrum/3308 "2018-10-01T19:00:51Z")

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There’s a discussion about graph databases + graphQL on Spectrum.chat - just a heads up for anyone here who would like to chime in. https://spectrum.chat/?t=9cacccc1-e9ad-4ed5-be11-fd46d499c094

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## [Serverless DGraph](https://discuss.dgraph.io/t/serverless-dgraph/2596)

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**Author:** [@davidvm](https://discuss.dgraph.io/u/davidvm)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 25, 2018, 7:13am UTC](https://discuss.dgraph.io/t/serverless-dgraph/2596 "2018-06-25T07:13:29Z")

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Hi! I read this article during the last re:Invent about AWS releasing an Aurora serverless service. It got me wondering if DGraph could be the perfect db they are talking about for going serverless. Not really sure if th…

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## [Good talk why you might want to use a Graph DB](https://discuss.dgraph.io/t/good-talk-why-you-might-want-to-use-a-graph-db/2690)

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**Author:** [@vespertilian](https://discuss.dgraph.io/u/vespertilian)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 5, 2018, 8:43am UTC](https://discuss.dgraph.io/t/good-talk-why-you-might-want-to-use-a-graph-db/2690 "2018-06-05T08:43:45Z")

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It’s not using DGraph, but I fee the concepts are transferable.

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## [Cool ratel pictures](https://discuss.dgraph.io/t/cool-ratel-pictures/2689)

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**Author:** [@vespertilian](https://discuss.dgraph.io/u/vespertilian)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 5, 2018, 8:40am UTC](https://discuss.dgraph.io/t/cool-ratel-pictures/2689 "2018-06-05T08:40:00Z")

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Some of the images ratel generates are cool!

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## [Upsert in DGraph](https://discuss.dgraph.io/t/upsert-in-dgraph/2479)

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**Author:** [@mvbaffa](https://discuss.dgraph.io/u/mvbaffa)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 20, 2018, 2:07am UTC](https://discuss.dgraph.io/t/upsert-in-dgraph/2479 "2018-04-20T02:07:19Z")

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Hi, I am starting to test Dgraph and when I insert two times the same node it generates another one instead of updating the first one. I presumed that dGraph did an upsert. I am using Scala and the code is very similar…

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## [Finding gRPC interface](https://discuss.dgraph.io/t/finding-grpc-interface/2460)

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**Author:** [@mvbaffa](https://discuss.dgraph.io/u/mvbaffa)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 13, 2018, 11:00pm UTC](https://discuss.dgraph.io/t/finding-grpc-interface/2460 "2018-04-13T23:00:44Z")

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Hi, I could not find a place that describes gRPC interface and proto contracts. Where can I find it? Can you help me? Thanks

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## [Best way to run local Dgraph executable in Docker](https://discuss.dgraph.io/t/best-way-to-run-local-dgraph-executable-in-docker/2334)

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**Author:** [@AndrewMcBurney](https://discuss.dgraph.io/u/AndrewMcBurney)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [April 10, 2018, 7:46am UTC](https://discuss.dgraph.io/t/best-way-to-run-local-dgraph-executable-in-docker/2334 "2018-04-10T07:46:02Z")

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Hi! I’m new to Go, Dgraph, and Docker, so this may be a bit of a silly question (I apologize in advance). I created a PR to add a whitelist feature on admin/export (https://github.com/dgraph-io/dgraph/pull/2233) from a…

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## [Copyright year on dgraph.io site](https://discuss.dgraph.io/t/copyright-year-on-dgraph-io-site/2407)

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**Author:** [@zhongliangong](https://discuss.dgraph.io/u/zhongliangong)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 3, 2018, 10:09pm UTC](https://discuss.dgraph.io/t/copyright-year-on-dgraph-io-site/2407 "2018-04-03T22:09:03Z")

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dgraph.io still shows (c) 2017 - time for an update to go with the great progress since the past year?

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## [Need suggestion on data modeling using badgerdb](https://discuss.dgraph.io/t/need-suggestion-on-data-modeling-using-badgerdb/2278)

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**Author:** [@MadhuSudhanCS](https://discuss.dgraph.io/u/MadhuSudhanCS)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 3, 2018, 4:32pm UTC](https://discuss.dgraph.io/t/need-suggestion-on-data-modeling-using-badgerdb/2278 "2018-03-03T16:32:22Z")

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Hi, I am planning to use badgerdb as key value store. I need suggestion on how to model the data inside. value type I am planning to store is object(Struct). Each tenant can have upto 1M value objects and each object c…

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## ["HyperGraphQL" query language](https://discuss.dgraph.io/t/hypergraphql-query-language/2123)

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**Author:** [@tamethecomplex](https://discuss.dgraph.io/u/tamethecomplex)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [January 15, 2018, 10:30pm UTC](https://discuss.dgraph.io/t/hypergraphql-query-language/2123 "2018-01-15T22:30:31Z")

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Has anyone heard of this effort by “Semantic Integration Ltd.” in the UK? http://hypergraphql.org/ I just read about it from a blog post about a company called GRAKN.AI which aims to provide a layer on top of graph dat…

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## [How to model kinship network in Dgraph](https://discuss.dgraph.io/t/how-to-model-kinship-network-in-dgraph/2104)

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**Author:** [@thetuxedo](https://discuss.dgraph.io/u/thetuxedo)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 8, 2018, 6:44pm UTC](https://discuss.dgraph.io/t/how-to-model-kinship-network-in-dgraph/2104 "2018-01-08T18:44:30Z")

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First, I am a newbie to dgraph and graphdb. My simplified use case is that there are 2 entities, people and company. People invests in company, and people may have different relationships, like parent/child, husband/wi…

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## [Thinkpad Laptops \> Mac](https://discuss.dgraph.io/t/thinkpad-laptops-mac/538)

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**Author:** [@mrjn](https://discuss.dgraph.io/u/mrjn)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [July 31, 2017, 9:42am UTC](https://discuss.dgraph.io/t/thinkpad-laptops-mac/538 "2017-07-31T09:42:07Z")

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Here’s my Thinkpad T460 config in all it’s glory: Battery 3cell 23.2Wh\_Front Battery 2 6cell 72Wh\_Rear System Unit T460 IG i5-6300U Camera 720p HD Camera Shipping Country Australia AC Adapter and Power Cord 65W 3pin AN…

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## [Gundb vs dgraph](https://discuss.dgraph.io/t/gundb-vs-dgraph/1421)

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**Author:** [@faddat](https://discuss.dgraph.io/u/faddat)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 26, 2017, 11:37am UTC](https://discuss.dgraph.io/t/gundb-vs-dgraph/1421 "2017-04-26T11:37:46Z")

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… and I guess what I am really asking about is more like-- RAFT in dgraph vs ??? in gundb. Gundb stores its graph across a swarm. For the implementation I’m pursuing, this is ideal, because it’s a pretty large graph …

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## [Videos on Facebook TAO architecture](https://discuss.dgraph.io/t/videos-on-facebook-tao-architecture/774)

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**Author:** [@kostub](https://discuss.dgraph.io/u/kostub)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [March 9, 2017, 5:27am UTC](https://discuss.dgraph.io/t/videos-on-facebook-tao-architecture/774 "2017-03-09T05:27:20Z")

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I guess you guys already know this, but here are some videos on Facebook’s TAO architecture: and and Useful to understand what TAO is.

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## [DGraph vs. Directed Property Graph products](https://discuss.dgraph.io/t/dgraph-vs-directed-property-graph-products/1321)

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**Author:** [@mandolyte](https://discuss.dgraph.io/u/mandolyte)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 7, 2017, 9:35pm UTC](https://discuss.dgraph.io/t/dgraph-vs-directed-property-graph-products/1321 "2017-03-07T21:35:56Z")

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I’d like to read more on the differences between DGraph and “property graphs” (Definition of property graph). What name would be given DGraph as its graph type - perhaps “triple store”? I would assume that a property g…

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## [Jepsen tests before 1.0 release?](https://discuss.dgraph.io/t/jepsen-tests-before-1-0-release/1308)

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**Author:** [@jhartman86](https://discuss.dgraph.io/u/jhartman86)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 28, 2017, 10:11pm UTC](https://discuss.dgraph.io/t/jepsen-tests-before-1-0-release/1308 "2017-02-28T22:11:29Z")

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Straight forward question - are there plans to run dgraph through the Jepsen ringer before a 1.0 release? When evaluating new data stores, its something I always tend to look for personally.

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