Nodes | Nodes are commonly used to represent entities or things in your data. For example, a Person or Movie |
Relationships | Relationships are used to connect two nodes together and organise the data into structure. For example, a Person acted in a movie. A relationship has a type and direction, although the direction can be ignored at query time. |
Labels | Labels are used to group nodes into categories. For example, a person may have Person and Actor labels. |
Relationship Type | Each relationship has a type. Relationships allow you to explore smaller sections of a graph. |
Properties | Both nodes and relationships can have properties set against them. Properties are name-value pairs. |
Getting Started
Graph Database Concepts
Getting Started with Neo4j
Neo4j is a Graph Database consisting of nodes connected together by relationships. You might consider using a Graph database if you have a highly connected dataset or have queries with many joins.
- Download Neo4j Desktop download Neo4j desktop or server editions
- Neo4j Sandbox pick a data set - no installation required
- Neo4j Aura free Neo4j instance in the cloud
- Neo4j GraphAcademy free, self-paced, hands-on online training
- GraphGists use ase and industry specific example graphs
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