== Cypher examples for use in Neo4j Browser ==

1)	List of all titles for an author. This should include variant versions for a title.
-- MATCH (texts:TEXT)-[was_created_by]->(author:PERSON) --
-- WHERE author.name_translit = "Šihāb al-Dīn Abū al-ʿAbbās Aḥmad ibn Rajab ibn Ṭaybuġā al-Majdī al-Šāfiʿī" --
-- RETURN author, texts --
2)	List of all witnesses for a title (the list should distinguish which witnesses go with a particular title version)
-- MATCH (witnesses:WITNESS)-[is_part_of]->(title:TEXT) --
-- WHERE title.label = "Risāla fī al-barāhīn ʿalā masāʾil al-jabr wa-ʾl-muqābala" --
-- RETURN title, witnesses --

3)	List of all commentaries and super-commentaries on a given title
-- MATCH (texts:TEXT)-[rel:is_commentary_on*]->(primary:TEXT) --
-- WHERE primary.label = "Kitāb al-Išārāt wa-ʾl-tanbīhāt" --
-- RETURN primary, texts --

4)	List of all authors who wrote in connection with a particular title (commentaries, super-commentaries)
-- MATCH (authors:PERSON)<-[was_created_by]-(commentaries:TEXT)-[rel:is_commentary_on*]->(primary:TEXT) --
-- WHERE primary.label = "Kitāb al-Išārāt wa-ʾl-tanbīhāt"  --
-- RETURN primary, commentaries, authors --

5)	List of all people who had other “roles” associated with a title (e.g. copyists , owners, patrons, teachers, students, etc.)
  * currently no specialised interface (PERSON -*- TITLE) 

6)	Bring up people associated with a particular title (not just one huge list of people, but be able to distinguish author, student, teacher)
  * see 5)?

7)	Bring up people associated with a particular witness (not just one huge list of people, but be able to distinguish owner, say, from commentator)
  * currently no specialised interface (PERSON -*- WITNESS) 

8)	Bring up all the works dedicated to a particular “patron” (e.g., Ulugh Beg)
  * possible with OpenMind, Drupal and Popoto (TEXT was-dedicated-to PERSON)

9)	Bring up all owners of a particular codex
  * possible with OpenMind, Drupal and Popoto (PERSON <was-owned-by CODEX)

10)	Bring up all codices owned by a single person
  * possible with OpenMind, Drupal and Popoto (CODEX was-owned-by PERSON)

11)	Create a Table of contents for a particular codex
  * list of witnesses possible with OpenMind, Drupal and Popoto (WITNESS part-of CODEX)

12)	Bring up all works studied in a madrasa (institution event)

13)	Search for specific words in incipits, explicits and colophons
  * full text search necessary

14)	Find copying dates in a certain range