Rails - Apr 2006 - question about Rails with non-relational databases

I''m very uncomfortable with Rails right now because it seems to be
totally
wedded to relational databases.  I want to develop my data and data 
structures in Tinderbox - a hypertext data development system from 
Eastgate systems (http://www.eastgate.com/Tinderbox/), export the data 
and datastructures, massage to some format, and then use with a dynamic 
frontend that builds a web page based on the results of a query over that 
dataset.

I''m designing in terms of multiple POV and LOD representations of the
semantic
net, probably directed node-link graphs with the links as clickable objects, 
dynamically generated for the web. Right now I seem to be moving back towards a 
Java applet/servlet notion, but I''m not very happy with that.  For one
thing, I
need to get something up in 2-3 months - part of the the appeal of Ruby on 
Rails was its reputation for enabling rapid dynamic website development.

Development in Tinderbox is a non-negotiable requirement.  a relational 
database just won''t do it.  I''m starting from a semantic net
built from an
index and want to dynamically generate view-dependent semantic nets from that 
data, semantic nets that can be general directed graphs.

Suggestions?

Rosemary Michelle Simpson

While we''re on the subject I want an Active Record that represents a
graph [in the RDF sense] - I know theres some individuals working on
this rather daunting task and I''ve poured enough thought into it to
realize that it doesn''t really add up [nor should it]. i.e. I
don''t
think there''s going to be a good suggestion [but I should would like to
hear one]..  anybody working on an RDF Active Record pls post up a link.
Thanks.

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brez!  !! wrote:
> anybody working on an RDF Active Record pls post up a link.
> Thanks.
uh spoke too soon..

http://activerdf.org/

looks interesting.


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Rosemary Michelle Simpson <rms@...> writes:
> Suggestions?
ActiveRDF might be worth looking at (per previous message).

Bruce