diff -r 47425483883e -r 8388c2d1d7af Rakefile
--- a/Rakefile	Mon Nov 14 14:43:41 2016 -0800
+++ b/Rakefile	Mon Nov 14 15:17:46 2016 -0800
@@ -1,79 +1,128 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env rake
+# vim: set nosta noet ts=4 sw=4:
+
+require 'pathname'
 
-begin
-	require 'hoe'
-rescue LoadError
-	abort "This Rakefile requires hoe (gem install hoe)"
+PROJECT = 'thingfish-metastore-pggraph'
+BASEDIR = Pathname.new( __FILE__ ).expand_path.dirname.relative_path_from( Pathname.getwd )
+LIBDIR  = BASEDIR + 'lib'
+LIBFILE = LIBDIR + ( PROJECT.gsub( '-', '/' ) + '.rb' )
+
+if Rake.application.options.trace
+    $trace = true
+    $stderr.puts '$trace is enabled'
 end
 
-GEMSPEC = 'thingfish-metastore-pggraph.gemspec'
+# parse the current library version
+$version = LIBFILE.read.split(/\n/).
+	select{|line| line =~ /VERSION =/}.first.match(/([\d|.]+)/)[1]
+
+task :default => [ :spec, :docs, :package ]
 
 
-Hoe.plugin :mercurial
-Hoe.plugin :signing
-Hoe.plugin :deveiate
-Hoe.plugin :bundler
-
-Hoe.plugins.delete :rubyforge
-
-hoespec = Hoe.spec 'thingfish-metastore-pggraph' do |spec|
-	spec.readme_file = 'README.md'
-	spec.history_file = 'History.md'
-	spec.extra_rdoc_files = FileList[ '*.rdoc' ]
-	spec.license 'BSD-3-Clause'
-	spec.urls = {
-		home: 'https://bitbucket.org/mahlon/thingfish-metastore-pggraph',
-		code: 'https://bitbucket.org/mahlon/thingfish-metastore-pggraph'
-	}
+########################################################################
+### P A C K A G I N G
+########################################################################
 
-	if File.directory?( '.hg' )
-		spec.spec_extras[:rdoc_options] = ['-f', 'fivefish', '-t', 'Thingfish-Metastore-PgGraph']
-	end
-
-	spec.developer 'Michael Granger', 'ged@FaerieMUD.org'
-	spec.developer 'Mahlon E. Smith', 'mahlon@martini.nu'
+require 'rubygems'
+require 'rubygems/package_task'
+spec = Gem::Specification.new do |s|
+	s.email        = 'mahlon@martini.nu'
+	s.homepage     = 'https://bitbucket.org/mahlon/thingfish-metastore-pggraph'
+	s.authors      = [ 'Mahlon E. Smith <mahlon@martini.nu>', 'Michael Granger <ged@faeriemud.org>' ]
+	s.platform     = Gem::Platform::RUBY
+	s.summary      = "Graph DDL storage for Thingfish metadata."
+	s.name         = PROJECT
+	s.version      = $version
+	s.license      = 'BSD-3-Clause'
+	s.has_rdoc     = true
+	s.require_path = 'lib'
+	s.bindir       = 'bin'
+	s.files        = File.read( __FILE__ ).split( /^__END__/, 2 ).last.split
+	# s.executables  = %w[]
+	s.description  = <<-EOF
+This is a metadata storage plugin for the Thingfish digital asset
+manager.  It provides persistent storage for uploaded data to PostgreSQL
+tables.
 
-	spec.dependency 'thingfish', '~> 0.5'
-	spec.dependency 'loggability', '~> 0.11'
-	spec.dependency 'configurability', '~> 2.2'
-	spec.dependency 'sequel', '~> 4.35'
-	spec.dependency 'pg', '~> 0.19'
+It is heavily based on the regular PG metastore, however it differs by
+storing objects as nodes, and their relations as edges.
+	EOF
+	s.required_ruby_version = '>= 2.3'
 
-	spec.dependency 'hoe-deveiate', '~> 0.8',  :development
-	spec.dependency 'rspec', '~> 3.0', :development
+	s.add_dependency 'thingfish', '~> 0.5'
+	s.add_dependency 'loggability', '~> 0.11'
+	s.add_dependency 'configurability', '~> 2.2'
+	s.add_dependency 'sequel', '~> 4.35'
+	s.add_dependency 'pg', '~> 0.19'
+end
 
-	spec.require_ruby_version( '>=2.3.0' )
-	spec.hg_sign_tags = true if spec.respond_to?( :hg_sign_tags= )
+Gem::PackageTask.new( spec ) do |pkg|
+	pkg.need_zip = true
+	pkg.need_tar = true
 end
 
 
-ENV['VERSION'] ||= hoespec.spec.version.to_s
+########################################################################
+### D O C U M E N T A T I O N
+########################################################################
 
-# Run the tests before checking in
-task 'hg:precheckin' => [ :check_history, :check_manifest, :spec ]
+begin
+	require 'rdoc/task'
 
-# Rebuild the ChangeLog immediately before release
-task :prerelease => 'ChangeLog'
-CLOBBER.include( 'ChangeLog' )
+	desc 'Generate rdoc documentation'
+	RDoc::Task.new do |rdoc|
+		rdoc.name       = :docs
+		rdoc.rdoc_dir   = 'docs'
+		rdoc.main       = "README.md"
+		rdoc.rdoc_files = [ 'lib', *FileList['*.md'] ]
 
-desc "Build a coverage report"
-task :coverage do
-	ENV["COVERAGE"] = 'yes'
-	Rake::Task[:spec].invoke
+		if File.directory?( '.hg' )
+			rdoc.options    = [ '-f', 'fivefish' ]
+		end
+	end
+
+	RDoc::Task.new do |rdoc|
+		rdoc.name       = :doc_coverage
+		rdoc.options    = [ '-C1' ]
+	end
+
+rescue LoadError
+	$stderr.puts "Omitting 'docs' tasks, rdoc doesn't seem to be installed."
 end
 
 
-task :gemspec => GEMSPEC
-file GEMSPEC => __FILE__ do |task|
-	spec = $hoespec.spec
-	spec.files.delete( '.gemtest' )
-	spec.signing_key = nil
-	spec.version = "#{spec.version.bump}.0.pre#{Time.now.strftime("%Y%m%d%H%M%S")}"
-	File.open( task.name, 'w' ) do |fh|
-		fh.write( spec.to_ruby )
-	end
+########################################################################
+### T E S T I N G
+########################################################################
+
+begin
+    require 'rspec/core/rake_task'
+    task :test => :spec
+
+    desc "Run specs"
+    RSpec::Core::RakeTask.new do |t|
+        t.pattern = "spec/**/*_spec.rb"
+    end
+
+    desc "Build a coverage report"
+    task :coverage do
+        ENV[ 'COVERAGE' ] = "yep"
+        Rake::Task[ :spec ].invoke
+    end
+
+rescue LoadError
+    $stderr.puts "Omitting testing tasks, rspec doesn't seem to be installed."
 end
 
-task :default => :gemspec
-CLOBBER.include( GEMSPEC.to_s )
+
 
+########################################################################
+### M A N I F E S T
+########################################################################
+__END__
+data/thingfish-metastore-pggraph/migrations/20151102_initial.rb
+lib/thingfish/metastore/pggraph/edge.rb
+lib/thingfish/metastore/pggraph/node.rb
+lib/thingfish/metastore/pggraph.rb
+