I always thought it was in the name- a web API standard inspired by SQL over a graph data structure. This way, rather than having to predefine API endpoints th

I always thought it was in the name- a web API standard inspired by SQL over a graph data structure. This way, rather than having to predefine API endpoints that are super customized, you define fewer that follow the standard and act as a standard interface. Like if HTTP client = ODBC and GraphQL = SQL.