Announcing Apache AGE Support, RDF Expansion, a Brand-New Interface, Updated Labels & More [v3.48.105 Release Notes]

Expanded Support for RDF Triplestores & SPARQL

Building on the introduction of RDF support in the last update of G.V(), today’s new version marks the expansion of even more RDF functionality. 

Here’s a quick overview:

• Full per-engine support for additional SPARQL triplestores, including RDFox, Apache Jena Fuseki, RDF4J, and the still widely used Blazegraph
• Improved support for Virtuoso, AllegroGraph, and GraphDB
• Bearer Token authentication has been added for RDF General endpoint connections, enabling secure read-only queries (such as SELECT, ASK, CONSTRUCT, and DESCRIBE) by providing the token as the connection password
• Additional improvements such as better IRI prefixification and more robust handling of UPDATE query reports

Keep an eye out for even more RDF updates in future!

UX Renovations & Improvements

As you might have noticed in the screenshots above, G.V() has a brand-new UI! We hope these renovations make your graph work smoother and more intuitive.

The G.V() home page is the first big change – it’s been redesigned to make connecting to your graph database or graph query engine as simple as possible. You’ll be prompted to either connect to your existing database, or try one of the sample datasets.

We’ve also updated the G.V() interface itself – based on your feedback – to make your experience smoother. 

Let’s have a look at what’s changed:

• Navigation has moved to a persistent dock on the left. Database management, saved queries, and history are placed at the top for immediate access, while secondary and administrative items are grouped at the bottom.
• Saved queries are now rendered as a connected tree view with clear hierarchy lines, making deeply nested folders and queries easier to scan, expand, and reorganise at a glance.
• Per-connection colours have been removed; a single accent colour now highlights the active connection across the tab bar and its query window, reducing visual noise. Tabs support right-click context menus (close, duplicate, close others, etc.) and show a query preview on hover.
• The top application bar and one status bar have been eliminated. All essential status information is now shown in a more compact query editor footer, while export actions have moved to the results tab bar reclaiming 72px of vertical space, giving more room for writing graph queries and viewing results.

Let us know what you think of these updates!

Custom Labels for Your Graph Visualizations

G.V() now offers the ability to create custom string templates on all of your vertex and edge labels. This feature has been requested for a while, and it’s finally here! 

Previously, label captions were limited to one property, which didn’t always convey the desired meaning or offer enough flexibility. Fear not, those days are over! Now, any combination of properties and plain text can be configured to display everything you need to show. The only real limit is your screen space.

To create your custom labels, simply open the Graph Styles sidebar on the graph results view, then select ‘Custom Label’ from the list of captions next to the element label you wish to style. A dialog box will appear where you can piece together the custom template. As you can see in the images above and below, this lets you assign more intuitive and dynamic labels, such as labelling air routes edges by their ingoing and outgoing nodes.

I encourage you to experiment with this new feature and then show off your creations!

Conclusion

Well, there we have it – another G.V() release with a whole collection of big updates! 

This month’s release featured everything from Apache AGE support and RDF updates to a brand-new user interface and more dynamic labelling. Phew – it’s a lot, isn’t it? 

With all these updates, it’s hard not to feel excited about the rate at which G.V() is growing. With every update more user-requested features are becoming reality – all resulting in the most powerful version of G.V() to date!

Every day the team is working to continue adding functionality and improving the user experience. Keep an eye on this space, and be sure to let us know what you’d like to see in the next release!

What are you waiting for? Try out the latest version of G.V() today and level up your graph game in no time.