What is InfoEngine.org? – Planetary Information Engine
InfoEngine.org is a neutral, nonprofit organization that is establishing a new open source software project called the Planetary Information Engine (PIE). If you’ve heard of the word “graph” in regard to data or maps recently, that’s because PIE uses graph technology for storage and retrieval of data. The PIE software will be released as an open source code base so that it can be easily adopted and extended by any organization. This blog post provides an overview of infoengine.org and the work we are doing to create the new PIE project. We are actively seeking partners who are interested in joining us in this effort or want more information about how your organization might participate.
The Planetary Data Problem
As we increasingly turn to technology to organize, understand, and act on the world around us, a challenge that arises is around data. In the past, we relied on directories, maps, and other tools that allowed us to navigate and understand the world around us. Today, our data is a combination of traditional sources, like maps and directories, and also a vast array of new sources, like sensors, computer-generated data (e.g. Hadoop), and even data from other individuals that has been “published” to the Internet (i.e. social media). This challenge becomes clear when we consider the Planetary perspective of data. Planetary data is defined as any data that is related to the entire planet.
PIE Overview
The PIE project is an open source initiative to create a software platform that will allow organizations to store and use their data more efficiently. PIE is a graph database that will enable organizations to store and manage their data assets in one place. PIE will allow organizations to easily share their data assets—both internally and across the broader community. PIE will be a completely decentralized data platform. It will be open to all organizations and individuals who wish to access, manage, or contribute to the data assets. The Planetary Information Engine (PIE) will be a neutral, nonprofit organization that is establishing a new open source software project called the Planetary Information Engine (PIE). PIE is a graph database that will enable organizations to store and manage their data assets in one place. PIE will allow organizations to easily share their data assets—both internally and across the broader community. PIE will be a completely decentralized data platform. It will be open to all organizations and individuals who wish to access, manage, or contribute to the data assets.
An open-source, decentralized data platform
As we’ve discussed, the challenge with data today is that it is both distributed and centralized. A given data source could be held on a computer in a lab or office across the planet from where you are. Further, due to privacy concerns and other regulatory issues, that data is often held by a single organization and is not available to others. PIE will be an open-source, decentralized data platform. This means that the data is held by many different organizations and is freely available to everyone who wants to access it. The PIE software will be released as an open source code base so that it can be easily adopted and extended by any organization. The PIE project will include a decentralized information graph database of planetary data and metadata. This database will be built using a graph database technology and will be completely decentralized. This approach will provide an open, universal, and collaborative data platform for organizations to store and manage their data assets.
Graph Technology in the PIE
PIE will be a graph database that is both decentralized and open source. Graph databases are commonly used for storing and managing data assets today. They are used by many organizations, including Apple, and are increasingly finding broad use in managing data. There are many different types and “flavors” of graph databases, but the one we intend to use and build into the PIE platform is called Titan. Titan is an open source graph database with a rich set of features (e.g. security, scalability, data provenance). Unlike a relational database, which is designed to be centralized and controlled by a single organization or group of organizations, a graph database is designed for decentralized use and control. With a graph database, each data “node” can represent any type of data asset: words, images, computer-generated data, sensor data, or any other type. And, each “edge” connecting two nodes can represent any kind of relationship between the two data assets.
Why a decentralized data platform?
The Planetary community relies on data from organizations and individuals across the world. However, due to regulatory issues, privacy concerns, and other factors, much of this data is not accessible to others. In some cases, the data is held by a single organization and is not available to others. PIE will be a completely decentralized data platform. This means that the data is held by many different organizations and is freely available to everyone who wants to access it. The PIE software will be released as an open source code base so that it can be easily adopted and extended by any organization. Organizations will be able to easily upload their data assets to the PIE data platform. Users will be able to freely access, manage, or contribute to the data assets. The Planetary Information Engine (PIE) will be a neutral, nonprofit organization that is establishing a new open source software project called the Planetary Information Engine (PIE). PIE is a graph database that will enable organizations to store and manage their data assets in one place. PIE will allow organizations to easily share their data assets—both internally and across the broader community. PIE will be a completely decentralized data platform. It will be open to all organizations and individuals who wish to access, manage, or contribute to the data assets.
How is PIE Decentralized?
There are many ways to make a given data platform decentralized. For PIE, we have chosen to make the PIE data graph completely decentralized. This means that all of the data assets and their relationships are distributed across many different organizations. This approach has many benefits and characteristics that we will discuss below: – Each organization that participates in the PIE data platform will retain control of the data they upload. Organizations will have the ability to add “rules” to the data that they upload, such as controlling who can access the data, who can contribute to it, and other types of governing policies. – Each organization that participates in the PIE data platform will retain control of the computing resources that the data is stored on. This approach gives organizations control over the costs of hosting their data. – The PIE data platform will be distributed across many different locations. This will provide robustness in the event of natural or man-made disasters by having off-site data storage. – The PIE data graph will be distributed across many different organizations, each with their own governance structures and policies. This will provide a collaborative and neutral data platform for the Planetary community.
Integrating PIE with Git SQL Database Management
The integration of PIE with Git enables the creation of an efficient and high-quality database system. It improves decentralized operations and allows enterprises to streamline all data needs. Adding such a data versioning tool to the PIE infrastructure helps create high-quality and reliable data sets that involved parties from different organizations can access. With the combination of Git SQL with PIE database systems, organizations can monitor all needed data and collaborate with all parties at all stages.
Conclusion
The challenge with data today is that it is both distributed and centralized. A given data source could be held on a computer in a lab or office across the planet from where you are. Further, due to privacy concerns and other regulatory issues, that data is often held by a single organization and is not available to others. The Planetary Information Engine (PIE) will be a neutral, nonprofit organization that is establishing a new open source software project called the Planetary Information Engine (PIE). PIE is a graph database that will enable organizations to store and manage their data assets in one place. PIE will allow organizations to easily share their data assets—both internally and across the broader community. PIE will be a completely decentralized data platform. It will be open to all organizations and individuals who wish to access, manage, or contribute to the data assets.
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