--- title: GQL: A New ISO Standard for Querying Graph Databases description: GQL is a new ISO standard for querying graph databases. It brings stability and assurance to the technology, allows visualization of complex interconnected... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/gql-a-new-iso-standard-for-querying-graph-databases-rpg2vbosd twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: GQL: A New ISO Standard for Querying Graph Databases | daily.dev og:description: GQL is a new ISO standard for querying graph databases. It brings stability and assurance to the technology, allows visualization of complex interconnected... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/gql-a-new-iso-standard-for-querying-graph-databases-rpg2vbosd og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/rpG2VBosd.png og:image:alt: GQL: A New ISO Standard for Querying Graph Databases og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # GQL: A New ISO Standard for Querying Graph Databases **[The New Stack](https://daily.dev/sources/newstack)** · 4 min read · 2 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary GQL is a new ISO standard for querying graph databases. It brings stability and assurance to the technology, allows visualization of complex interconnected systems, and assists in understanding language models. The standard includes graph-only and scalar data types, operations and functions for scalar types, a transaction and security model, graph pattern matching, and graph types. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#architecture](https://daily.dev/tags/architecture), [#neo4j](https://daily.dev/tags/neo4j) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/gql-a-new-iso-standard-for-querying-graph-databases-rpg2vbosd) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"GQL: A New ISO Standard for Querying Graph Databases","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/gql-a-new-iso-standard-for-querying-graph-databases-rpg2vbosd","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/gql-a-new-iso-standard-for-querying-graph-databases-rpg2vbosd"},"datePublished":"2024-04-29T18:47:42.128Z","dateModified":"2024-05-09T08:22:04.995Z","description":"GQL is a new ISO standard for querying graph databases. It brings stability and assurance to the technology, allows visualization of complex interconnected...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/d138d55986064099f8a0ab60702ce66f?_a=AQAEuiZ","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/d138d55986064099f8a0ab60702ce66f?_a=AQAEuiZ","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"The New Stack","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"The New Stack","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/newstack","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/newstack"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/gql-a-new-iso-standard-for-querying-graph-databases-rpg2vbosd","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":2},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"architecture,neo4j","timeRequired":"PT4M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The New Stack","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/newstack"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"GQL: A New ISO Standard for Querying Graph Databases"}]} ```