#datomic

A new tool allows repositories to be imported into Datomic databases divided up into semantic segments for analysis.

Creator of Clojure and Datomic, Rich Hickey delivers this excellent JAXconf keynote about how the definition of values has changed in light of the increasing complexity of information technology and the advent of Big Data. A talk relevant for anyone in the industry, that leaves no stone unturned. Filming Courtesy of Marakana Tech TV – marakana.com

Rich Hickey, author of Clojure, and designer of Datomic presents a new way to look at database architectures in this talk from JaxConf 2012. What happens when you deconstruct the traditional monolithic database – separating transaction processing, storage and query into independent cooperating services? Coupled with a data model based around atomic facts and awareness of time, you get a significantly different set of capabilities and tradeoffs. This talk with discuss how these ideas play out in the design and architecture of Datomic, a new database for the JVM. Filming: Marakana Tech TV

Sebastian Meyen chats with Clojure creator Rich Hickey about the thinking behind his latest project, Datomic – a database with a difference

For the radical Zing JVM to gain traction against the more seasoned options, an open source version was always on the cards. Now it’s here