arangosh> db._create("vertex"); [ArangoCollection 98297, "vertex" (type document, status loaded)] arangosh> db._createEdgeCollection("relation"); [ArangoCollection 98303, "relation" (type edge, status loaded)] arangosh> v1 = db.vertex.insert({ name : "vertex 1" }); { "_id" : "vertex/98310", "_key" : "98310", "_rev" : "_YYClCRW--_" } arangosh> v2 = db.vertex.insert({ name : "vertex 2" }); { "_id" : "vertex/98314", "_key" : "98314", "_rev" : "_YYClCRW--B" } arangosh> e1 = db.relation.insert(v1, v2, { label : "knows" }); { "_id" : "relation/98317", "_key" : "98317", "_rev" : "_YYClCRa--_" } arangosh> db._document(e1); { "_key" : "98317", "_id" : "relation/98317", "_from" : "vertex/98310", "_to" : "vertex/98314", "_rev" : "_YYClCRa--_", "label" : "knows" }