SocratesIntro

Background on project

• We need create a database as fast as, to supoort mulit-reporters. Every one is small and used once but unique.
• Need support some unkown data types.
• Need create networt model, that is varable between nodes, and often been find by path.
• Characters and toys in some games, would wery huge if description by RDB table. But it is sparse.

Problems to solve

• The business information of the data sheet has its own internal consistency. it is not efficient or economic to establish a new data model for each and every change.
• Modify the data table structure when every data change is not actuality.
• RDB model is not good at description deep recursion as such as tree.

What's socrates?

• Socrates bases on the triple semantic logic model. It can descript model with dynamic structure and releations easy.
• The model create by two layers: subject and segment

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• Every segment is a triple structure as (subject, predicate, object).
• A subject is a subject descripted by some segments.
• The predicate is what owned by the subject.
• The object is what subject is in the predicate.

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• Every subject is a structure like dictonary.
• The predicate must be a readable string, the name is the unique title.
• The object is any type if the database can use it.
• Socrates override RDB's statics and strongly data type, but play as dynamic data structure model.
• Socrates bases on the python ORM tools named SQLAlchemy, it can use the greate power from SQLAlchemy.
• Socrates in database is a unitive creater, a little storage tables, some meta command data. The storage table can create in runtime.

Why socrates?

• Tiny size data model, access easy for any detail.
• Socrates can use as dictonary.

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• Every subject is a structure as dictonary, can modify without effect other.
• Subject and subject can create releations use segments by a easy way.

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• You can uses any RDB and use its specific data type.

Basic recurrence

• "One command" create Socrates environment on different database platform.
• Registe new type and predicate.
• Write subject, new releation.

More sophisticated recurrence

• Query segments and subject
• Find by relation pathes.
• Access segments in subjects.
• Predicate Expression.

Other capabilities of socrates

• Performance
• Concurrent and Distributed.
• Multi node by difference databases.

The End

• Socrates Supports a flexible way to manage data. It can manager dynamic and complex data in a unitive technique.
• Socrates need improve at DSL and distributed.
• Socrates can be speed boost.

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