The Local Graph
The relationship layer of the Local Internet.
Records become more useful when the system understands how businesses, places, organizations and content relate to one another.
Operational foundationRelationships exist in the current system. A separate graph database or query engine does not.
Business relationships
- has location →Location
- provides service →Service
- serves place →Place
- belongs to category →Category
- publishes content →Article
- has offer →Offer
- appears on surface →Surface
- connected to organization →Organization
Geographic relationships
- Location
- City
- County
- State
- Country
Organizations
Businesses, government bodies and organizations can be related to one another, with each relationship reviewed.
Publications
A published record links to each surface it appears on — one record, many placements, no copies.
Media
One canonical article can be presented on many place surfaces without being duplicated.
The local graph is a relationship layer over connected data in the same shared system. There is no separate graph database.
One system
- Core is the front door.
- Infrastructure explains the architecture.
- Platform provides the shared capabilities.
- Registry identifies it.
- Database describes it.
- Graph connects it.
- Grid distributes and connects it.
- Surfaces present it.
- Start and Search help people discover it.
- Business tools help owners act on it.
TheLocalCore.com is the system front door. These pages explain parts of the same system; they are not separate applications or separate databases.