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== Project for a new GQL International Standard Graph Query Language ==

In September 2019 a proposal for a GQLproject to create a new standard projectgraph query language (ISO/IEC 39075 Information Technology — Database Languages — GQL)<ref name="39075 GQL">{{cite web|url=https://www.iso.org/standard/76120.html|title=ISO/IEC WD 39075 Information Technology — Database Languages — GQL|last=|first=|date=|website=|publisher=ISO|accessdate=September 29, 2019}}</ref> was approved by a vote of national standards bodies which are members of ISO/IEC Joint Technical Committee 1([https://jtc1info.org/page-3/ ISO/IEC JTC 1]),. whichJTC 1 is responsible for international Information Technology standards. GQL is intended to be a declarative database query language, like SQL.

The GQL project proposal states{{quote|text="Using graph as a fundamental representation for data modeling is an emerging approach in data management. In this approach, the data set is modeled as a graph, representing each data entity as a vertex (also called a node) of the graph and each relationship between two entities as an edge between corresponding vertices. The graph data model has been drawing attention for its unique advantages. Firstly, the graph model can be a natural fit for data sets that have hierarchical, complex, or even arbitrary structures. Such structures can be easily encoded into the graph model as edges. This can be more convenient than the relational model, which requires the normalization of the data set into a set of tables with fixed row types. Secondly, the graph model enables efficient execution of expensive queries or data analytic functions that need to observe multi-hop relationships among data entities, such as reachability queries, shortest or cheapest path queries, or centrality analysis. There are two graph models in current use: the Resource Description Framework (RDF) model and the Property Graph model. The RDF model has been standardized by W3C in a number of specifications. The Property Graph model, on the other hand, has a multitude of implementations in graph databases, graph algorithms, and graph processing facilities. However, a common, standardized query language for property graphs (like SQL for relational database systems) is missing. GQL is proposed to fill this void."<ref name="39075 GQL NWIP">{{cite web|url=https://isotc.iso.org/livelink/livelink?func=ll&objId=20911483&objAction=Open&viewType=1|title=SC32 WG3 N282 “SC32 N3002 Draft NWIP Form4 Information Technology – Database Languages - GQL"|last=|first=|date=|website=|publisher=ISO|accessdate=December 9, 2019}}</ref>.}}