I think Resource Description Framework (RDF) is overkill.
The underlying idea that is triple store (reminiscence of Entity-Attribute-Value model) is a good idea because it allows to model data with less overhead than a graph database will do over the same problem. Think of a list of items attached to a node or hypergraphs. All that is easier to do in a triple store.
Actually, I think that triple stores are not given enough buzz. Most of RDF buzz is around ontologies (aka. standard vocabulary for describing things). Datomic prooves that triple store is a great idea in itself.
Datomic is RDF in disguise. That is, it implements a versioned triple store and a language similar to SPARQL (based on core.logic (aka. clojure's minikanren))).
When you think about it, a versioned database is a gem when it comes to debugging. Versioning a database is next to the best idea of the decade and that would not have been possible with another model than the triple store model.
The idea of database versioning or more generally versioning of structured data, especially versioning ala git is making its way through academia (see https://project-hobbit.eu/) and outside academia (cf. https://qri.io/) to help with the vast amount of data that is flowing.
> When you think about it, a versioned database is a gem when it comes to debugging. Versioning a database is next to the best idea of the decade and that would not have been possible with another model than the triple store model.
This is a pretty bold claim. Why isn't it possible with another model?
The underlying idea that is triple store (reminiscence of Entity-Attribute-Value model) is a good idea because it allows to model data with less overhead than a graph database will do over the same problem. Think of a list of items attached to a node or hypergraphs. All that is easier to do in a triple store.
Actually, I think that triple stores are not given enough buzz. Most of RDF buzz is around ontologies (aka. standard vocabulary for describing things). Datomic prooves that triple store is a great idea in itself.
Datomic is RDF in disguise. That is, it implements a versioned triple store and a language similar to SPARQL (based on core.logic (aka. clojure's minikanren))).
When you think about it, a versioned database is a gem when it comes to debugging. Versioning a database is next to the best idea of the decade and that would not have been possible with another model than the triple store model.
The idea of database versioning or more generally versioning of structured data, especially versioning ala git is making its way through academia (see https://project-hobbit.eu/) and outside academia (cf. https://qri.io/) to help with the vast amount of data that is flowing.