Datamodel Deprecation Policy

As the Synapse Data Model has grown and evolved over time, Vertex has found the need to deprecate model elements which are no longer useful. These elements may represent relationships which are better captured with newer elements; concepts which are better represented by convention; or other issues. As such, model elements (types, forms, and properties) which are deprecated should no longer be used for new data modeling. Deprecated model elements will be removed in a future Synapse release, no earlier than v3.0.0.

For deprecated model elements, suggested alternatives will be provided and example Storm queries which can be used to migrate data in such a fashion.

Using Deprecated Model Elements

When Deprecated model elements are used in a Cortex, the following log events will be made:

  • One startup, if a extended property definition uses a deprecated type to define it, a warning message will be logged.

  • If a extended property is added which uses a deprecated type to define it, a warning message will be logged.

  • Any Types or Forms, from a datamodel loaded by a custom CoreModule, which use a deprecated model component will cause a warning message to be logged. This includes any Array or Comp type model elements which utilize a deprecated Type.

  • If a property or tag property is set on a node which is deprecated or using a deprecated type, that will cause a warning message to be logged and a warn message to be sent over the Storm runtime. This only occurs once per given runtime.

  • If a node is made using deprecated form or using a deprecated type, that will cause a warning message to be logged and a warn message to be sent over the Storm runtime. This only occurs once per given runtime.

Deleting nodes which use deprecated model elements does not trigger warnings, since that would normally be done after an associated data migration and would be excessive in the event of a large migration.

Deprecated Model Elements

The following elements are deprecated.

Types

  • file:string

    • -(refs)> it:dev:str

  • it:reveng:funcstr

    • Please use the :strings array property on the it:reveng:function form.

  • lang:idiom

    • Please use lang:translation instead.

  • lang:trans

    • Please use lang:translation instead.

  • ou:hasalias

    • ou:hasalias is deprecated in favor of the :alias property on ou:org nodes.

  • ou:meet:attendee

    • ou:meet:attendee has been superseded by ou:attendee. ou:attendee has the :meet property to denote what meeting the attendee attended.

  • ou:conference:attendee

    • ou:conference:attendee has been superseded by ou:attendee. ou:attendee has the :conference property to denote what conference the attendee attended.

  • ou:conference:event:attendee

    • ou:conference:attendee has been superseded by ou:attendee. ou:attendee has the :conference property to denote what conference event the attendee attended.

  • ou:member

    • ou:member has been superseded by ou:position.

  • ps:persona

    • Please use the ps:person or ps:contact types.

  • ps:person:has

    • Please use edge:has or a light edge.

  • ps:persona:has

    • Please use ps:person or ps:context in combination with an edge:has or a light edge.

  • inet:ssl:cert

    • inet:ssl:cert is deprecated in favor of inet:tls:servercert and inet:tls:clientcert.

Forms

Consistent with the deprecated types, the following forms are deprecated: - file:string - it:reveng:funcstr - lang:idiom - lang:trans - ou:hasalias - ou:meet:attendee - ou:conference:attendee - ou:conference:event:attendee - ou:member - ps:person:has - ps:persona - ps:persona:has - inet:ssl:cert

Properties

  • ps:person
    • :img

      • ps:person:img has been renamed to ps:person:photo.

  • it:prod:soft
    • author:org, author:acct, author:email, and author:person

      • These properties have been collected into the it:prod:soft:author property, which is typed as a ps:contact.

  • media:news
    • :author

      • The media:news:author property has been superseded by the array property of media:news:authors, which is an array of type ps:contact.

  • file:subfile
    • :name

      • The file:subfile:name property has been superseded by the property file:subfile:path, which is typed as file:path.

  • ou:org
    • :naics and :sic

      • The ou:org:naics and ou:org:sic properties has been collected into the ou:org:industries property, which is an array of type ou:industry.

    • :has

      • Please use an edge:has node or a light edge.

  • risk:attack
    • :actor:org

      • Please use the :attacker ps:contact property to allow entity resolution.

    • :actor:person

      • Please use the :attacker ps:contact property to allow entity resolution.

    • :target:org

      • Please use the :target ps:contact property to allow entity resolution.

    • :target:person

      • Please use the :target ps:contact property to allow entity resolution.

  • ou:campaign
    • :type

      • Please use the :camptype taxonomy property.

  • it:host
    • :manu

      • This property has been superseded by the it:prod:hardware:make property, which is typed as ou:name.

    • :model

      • This property has been superseded by the it:prod:hardware:model property, which is typed as string.

  • it:exec:proc
    • :user

      • Please use the :account it:exec:proc property to link processes to users.