B.2 GraphML Data Format

The GraphML file format uses XML to describe graphs.

The example in this topic shows a GraphML description of the property graph shown in What Are Property Graphs?.

Example B-2 GraphML Description of a Simple Property Graph

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<graphml xmlns="http://graphml.graphdrawing.org/xmlns">
    <key id="name" for="node" attr.name="name" attr.type="string"/>
    <key id="age" for="node" attr.name="age" attr.type="int"/>
    <key id="type" for="edge" attr.name="type" attr.type="string"/>
    <graph id="PG" edgedefault="directed">
        <node id="1">
            <data key="name">Alice</data>
            <data key="age">31</data>
        </node>
        <node id="2">
            <data key="name">Bob</data>
            <data key="age">27</data>
        </node>
        <edge id="3" source="1" target="2" label="knows">
            <data key="type">friends</data>
        </edge>
    </graph>
</graphml>