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 -   Q:  To what extent did Datomic influence the design of triples? 
     <https://www.datomic.com/>
-    -   A: I wasn\'t aware of Datomics, but I think both triples and
+    -   A: I wasn't aware of Datomics, but I think both triples and
         Datomics are influenced by RDF & trends in Knowledge Graph
         construction in the industry.  I took a look at that page, and
         one interesting thing they do is (AFAICT) store edits to the
         database instead of actual values, allowing you to reconstruct
         the database or go forward or backward in time.  This is very
-        interesting, and I\'m thinking of ways to make the database
+        interesting, and I'm thinking of ways to make the database
         safer, but not sure if I can get to such sophisticated
         properties in this implementation. 
 -   Q:built into Emacs? nice. multiple schemas (so to say
-    differentiation of \"databases\" (if you will so) are possible with
+    differentiation of "databases" (if you will so) are possible with
     that built-in instance?
     -   A: Yes, with emacs 29. Full-featured with multiple databases,
         transactions, etc.
@@ -63,46 +63,46 @@ For more information and the packages discussed here, see the
     with multiple emacs like crdt.el with org mode?
     -   A: Database are great for more async collaboration, multiple
         people / processes can add to the repository at the same time. 
-        But I think it\'s not going to be a great solution for multiple
+        But I think it's not going to be a great solution for multiple
         users modifying  the same buffer.
 -   Q:What about using this on multiple computers? How would you
     syncronize the data?  (This is a minor problem in org-roam where if
     you share files between multiple computers, their SQLite databases
     get out of sync and require M-x org-roam-db-sync to rebuild the
     SQLite database.)
-    -   A: This is an unsolved problem, one that I\'m interested in
+    -   A: This is an unsolved problem, one that I'm interested in
         looking into.  There possibly are standardized db solutions to
-        this, but I don\'t yet know what they are.
+        this, but I don't yet know what they are.
 -   Q: With EKG what about views like org roam node mind map view? Or
     org mode virtual view for integration with other org packages?
     -   A: This is possible, it just needs to interface with the
-        database in a different way.  It\'s all graphs, so really any
+        database in a different way.  It's all graphs, so really any
         triple library might be a good fit for this.
 -   Q:  Are you planning to further develop EKG? It is highly
     interesting to me, I do prefer SQLite over text.
     -   A: Andrew is using it; not ready for general use but quite soon
-        \-- towards the end of  the month! Still in exploratory mode
+        -- towards the end of  the month! Still in exploratory mode
         though. Still thinking about (some of) the fundamental
         concepts. 
 -   Q: Is it then possible to combine the triples DB with some custom
     tables in the same SQLite file? (e.g. to build a log table next to
     the triples tables for quick query of event data)
-    -   A: You could do that. AT the moment it\'s just one table
-        (triples). It\'s designed to be one table in one DB \-- beware
+    -   A: You could do that. AT the moment it's just one table
+        (triples). It's designed to be one table in one DB -- beware
         of consistency issues if you add further tables, which you can
         definitely do.
 -   Q: What are your thoughts on adding a timestamp attribute to triples
     so that the DB becomes append-only and by default you return the
     latest fact for a subject/object pair?
-    -   Q+ -\> Use is to keep a record - you don´t delete? e.g. you get
+    -   Q+ -> Use is to keep a record - you don´t delete? e.g. you get
         all past addresses of a person or all past versions of a given
         fact. Even version control for notes.
-    -   A: I haven\'t thought of that / not seen in other triple stores
+    -   A: I haven't thought of that / not seen in other triple stores
     -   A: Be ware that these DBs already take quite a bit of space
     -   A: may make synchronization easier
 -   Q: can ordinary lisp data types (lists, symbols, etc) be stored in
     the data base
-    -   A: Yes, if you don\'t specify, it defaults to a list. Not sure
+    -   A: Yes, if you don't specify, it defaults to a list. Not sure
         that was the right design choice; lists map to rows with a
         hidden index column. emacs-sql and this also represent most
         things as strings. 
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ For more information and the packages discussed here, see the
     -   A: Anything where you have lisp forms stored in a file would
         probably be better implemented via a database.  And the triples
         library makes this easy and standardized.  So, for example BBDB,
-        which is a \"database\" should actually be in a database.  And
+        which is a "database" should actually be in a database.  And
         then you might want to annotate, tag, etc, so having be in one
         big database makes a lot of sense to me, because I think all
         this kind of info wants to live together. 
@@ -122,31 +122,31 @@ For more information and the packages discussed here, see the
         people, projects, maybe even being able to integrate with org
         and manage TODOs there as well.
 -   Q: What about using other databases programs Postgres mongoDB etc..
-    \[see last q too, but I guess you refer to other relational, e.g.
-    Postgresql\]
+    [see last q too, but I guess you refer to other relational, e.g.
+    Postgresql]
     -   A: Those could work, maybe the triples library would work via
-        emacsql with those, but I haven\'t tested it.  I\'m not sure
+        emacsql with those, but I haven't tested it.  I'm not sure
         what the benefit would be, typically these database tend to be
         simple and small, so a more full-featured DB is probably
         overkill.  MongoDB and those kinds of row-oriented databases
-        probably wouldn\'t be a good fit, but I haven\'t tried it.
+        probably wouldn't be a good fit, but I haven't tried it.
 -   Q: What is your preferred reference to understand triples/graph dbs?
     (e.g. think better about schema design)
     -   A: I know from using them / talking about them. I will come back
         with some references!
 -   Q: Will it slow down with a growth of database?
-    -   A: there is a tradeoff \-- triples gives you a standard schema,
+    -   A: there is a tradeoff -- triples gives you a standard schema,
         but you lose the power of getting things in one SQL expression -
         which makes it slow. But I have a bunch of data (2yrs of
         org-roam usage) and it is still very fast. These limits exist,
         but the usual rate of content creation is not large enough to
         hit the limits.
--   Q: What are your thoughts on allowing for a \"true\" graph-db
+-   Q: What are your thoughts on allowing for a "true" graph-db
     backend? (whatever the current best free software alternative to
     neo4j is, I guess). 
     -   A:  In my usage, the graph DBs tended to be slow and somewhat
-        clumsy in usage, we returned every time to SQL \[please reword
-        if appropriate\]. At the moment not a glaring need (for the
+        clumsy in usage, we returned every time to SQL [please reword
+        if appropriate]. At the moment not a glaring need (for the
         quantities of data people manage in Emacs).
 -   Q: How hungry did you get while writing and recording this?
     -   A: I forgot that I used recipes as an example in my demo!