I agree, I think this is what people miss when it comes to machine processing versus human processing.
Human processing benefits from pretty colors and organization. Machine processing is almost the exact opposite, it benefits from data definition and strong guarantees around invariants.
A graph is often the best way for a human to process something. But it's awful for a computer - computers can't see! At least not easily.
A nice in-between is something like XML. But if it's primarily gonna be interacted with by a computer, might as well make it a database.
Human processing benefits from pretty colors and organization. Machine processing is almost the exact opposite, it benefits from data definition and strong guarantees around invariants.
A graph is often the best way for a human to process something. But it's awful for a computer - computers can't see! At least not easily.
A nice in-between is something like XML. But if it's primarily gonna be interacted with by a computer, might as well make it a database.