pseudo code to load SNAC data into a graph database

load_snac_graph.txt

#pseudo code 

# Groovy/Gremlin links
# http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/java/library/j-pg04149.html#N10413
# http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/java/library/j-pg04149.html#N1049B
# https://github.com/tinkerpop/gremlin/wiki/Gremlin-Methods

# create graph
g = new Neo4jGraph('/tmp/neo4j')

create index on property "name"

# first loop; define vertex for each name
for ( each of the XML files) {
  # add vertex for record
  a = g.addVertex(null);
  # open XML file and grab name out

  # set property "name" to the preferred form of the name   
  a.setProperty("name","Fred")
  
  # set property recording the name of the xml file
}

# second loop / now all the vertices are assigned and we can assign edges
for ( each vertex in the graph ) {
  X = the vertex
  open XML file for X
  for ( each related person) {
      parse recordId: out of descriptiveNote
      search XTF by recordId to get preferred from of the name
      Y = search graph's name index to get related vertex
      add edge between vertices ( e.g. X-correspondedWith->Y )
  }
}