---
title: "GQL: A New ISO Standard for Querying Graph Databases"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/gql-a-new-iso-standard-for-querying-graph-databases-rpg2vbosd
source_url: https://thenewstack.io/gql-a-new-iso-standard-for-querying-graph-databases/
type: article
source: "The New Stack"
published: 2024-04-29T18:47:42.128Z
updated: 2024-05-09T08:22:04.995Z
tags: ["architecture", "neo4j"]
reading_time: 4
upvotes: 2
comments: 0
language: en
---

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# 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.

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