Syntax of CREATE TYPE vs CREATE PROPERTY

[gramian]

I was wondering about the syntax of the CREATE TYPE SQL commands. For example, a document type is created by:

CREATE DOCUMENT TYPE doc;

whereas a property is created by:

CREATE PROPERTY doc.prop STRING;

In comparison, the type of a type is placed between CREATE and TYPE while the type of a property follows the property name. Is there a reason

CREATE TYPE doc DOCUMENT;

or alternatively

CREATE STRING PROPERTY doc.prop;

was not selected, so types and properties are created by "similar" commands?

[lvca]

Our current syntax was inherited from OrientDB for properties, but I like the one you propose. It could be confusing having both commands (the current one must be left for backward compatibility with ArcadeDB and OrientDB)