ISO has published a new database query language called ISO GQL, which is a peer language to SQL and the first new ISO database language since 1987. The GQL standard is designed for and about graphs, a type of data that excels with connected real- and digital-world systems, and will provide immense value to a landscape where data is increasingly dynamic and interconnected. Graph databases, which use the ISO GQL standard, have gained significant popularity in recent years across various industries, and are increasingly used to solve complex problems. The power of standards will shape industries by providing common methods and patterns that can be applied to solve large-scale problems, and the adoption of graph databases is expected to increase with the growing importance of GenAI and digital transformation. The ISO GQL standard resembles SQL in many ways, but also includes parts specific to graph databases, such as ASCII-art-inspired way of defining patterns. The shortest path to GQL is Cypher, which has already undergone nearly a decade of real-world trial-by-fire maturation and was a major input into the development of the GQL standard.