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Catalog paths

Catalog references support dot-separated names and solidus paths. The current schema supplies context for an unqualified graph name.

Reference Intent
social Graph in the current schema
main.social or main/social Schema-qualified graph reference
./social Explicit current-schema graph
../main/social Resolve through the parent directory
/main/social Absolute graph path
USE GRAPH /main/social MATCH (p:Person) RETURN COUNT(*) AS people;

Schema contexts accept CURRENT_SCHEMA, HOME_SCHEMA and directory references such as . and /, but the resolved target must have the required kind. Directories are catalog containers, not operating-system directories.

A slash or dot inside a delimited identifier remains part of that one name. Decoding is separate from component splitting. Graph/schema parameters carry stable IDs; dropping and recreating a named object does not rebind an old reference.