@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ Each Document transparently synchronizes itself between all your devices, and wi
Each Document has a double nature :
It has a **_Document-like_** nature where you can store and edit some rich-text, plain-text, or just some JSON or XML data, according to your needs and the primary class of the Document that you have chosen when you created it. This is so far very consistent with what we expect from a document in general. All the apps that you use or develop with NextGraph, will store their data inside these Documents. The Document-like nature is represented with a "cloud" icon. A note for developers: In the internals of NextGraph, the Document-like nature of a Document is called "discrete", because otherwise it is too many things that are called "document".
It has a **_Document-like_** nature where you can store and edit some rich-text, plaintext, or just some JSON or XML data, according to your needs and the primary class of the Document that you have chosen when you created it. This is so far very consistent with what we expect from a document in general. All the apps that you use or develop with NextGraph, will store their data inside these Documents. The Document-like nature is represented with a "cloud" icon. A note for developers: In the internals of NextGraph, the Document-like nature of a Document is called "discrete", because otherwise it is too many things that are called "document".
A Document also has a **_Graph_** nature, which is something new that NextGraph added (hence the name "NextGraph"). This "graph nature" of the document let's you link this document to other documents. It also let's you enter some specific data or meta-data about this document, that will be part of the Graph of all your documents. This graph is something important, that you are not used to. Social networks are all based on Graphs. The Web itself is a huge Graph. When you follow or get followed, when you like or comment on a Post, when you write a DM to someone, all this information is stored as a Graph, that connects different documents together. Later, you will probably need to _query_ this graph. This is done transparently when you want to see all your followers, and when you want to consult the **stream** of all the posts that they have published recently, or when you want to search for something. It is also used for recommendations. But in any case, what is important to understand is that internally, each Document can be linked to any other Document (like the classical Web that links webpages) and that the applications you will use on NextGraph, will also store more Graph information. Because NextGraph is local-first and decentralized, this **graph** information is available to you at all time. And if you want to see it, you can go to any Document and in the Document Menu, you can select "Graph" and you will see options to view and edit the Graph. This is a bit technical for now (you will see things like Turtle, SPARQL etc) but in the future, we will provide here some nice tools where you will be able to explore your own graph easily. The Graph-like nature is represented with a "sun" icon. The Graph part of the document is stored in the RDF format.
@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ So to recap, in a Document we have :
- the **Graph** part (some RDF triples). This is mandatory and always available in all documents, even if left empty.
- the **Discrete** part (some JSON, XML or plain-text. based on Yjs or Automerge CRDTs). This can be optional, meaning that it is possible to create a purely graph-based document that doesn't hold any discrete part.
- the **Discrete** part (some JSON, XML or plaintext. based on Yjs or Automerge CRDTs). This can be optional, meaning that it is possible to create a purely graph-based document that doesn't hold any discrete part.
- some optional **binary files** attached to the document.
@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ You will find in the following sections, the specifications of
- the [Client Protocol](/en/specs/protocol-client) which is used by clients (the Verifiers) to connect to their Broker.
- the [App Protocol](/en/specs/protocol-app) which is used by the App (our official Apps, and all the SDKs) in order to exchange plain-text updates with the Verifier.
- the [App Protocol](/en/specs/protocol-app) which is used by the App (our official Apps, and all the SDKs) in order to exchange plaintext updates with the Verifier.
- the [Ext Protocol](/en/specs/protocol-ext) which is used by external users for read purpose only.
