Data Update System and Method

A processing device comprising

• one or more processors and memory storing instructions that, when executed, cause the one or more processors to:
• receive one or more update requests;
• identify, based on the one or more update requests, a set of foundational relationships for deletion from a graph database;
• infer, using one or more relationship inference rules, a set of inferred relationships for deletion from the graph database based on the set of foundational relationships for deletion, comprising:
• searching for relationships in the set of foundational relationships for deletion that match a relationship specified in a precondition of at least one of the one or more relationship inference rules;
• determining whether the precondition is satisfiable using at least one of the matching relationships;
• and
• in response to the precondition being satisfiable, inferring at least one of the relationships of the set of inferred relationships for deletion using at least one of the matching relationships;
• and
• deleting, from the graph database, a set of relationships for deletion comprising the set of foundational relationships for deletion and the set of inferred relationships for deletion

A non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon for programming a processing device to perform the steps of:

• receiving one or more update requests;
• identifying, based on the one or more update requests, a set of foundational relationships for deletion from a graph database;
• inferring, using one or more relationship inference rules, a set of inferred relationships for deletion from the graph database based on the set of foundational relationships for deletion, comprising:
• searching for relationships in the set of foundational relationships for deletion that match a relationship specified in a precondition of at least one of the one or more relationship inference rules;
• determining whether the precondition is satisfiable using at least one of the matching relationships;
• and
• in response to the precondition being satisfiable, inferring at least one of the relationships of the set of inferred relationships for deletion using at least one of the matching relationships;
• and
• deleting, from the graph database, a set of relationships for deletion comprising the set of foundational relationships for deletion and the set of inferred relationships for deletion.