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DBMS > 4D vs. Apache Jena - TDB vs. IBM Cloudant vs. PouchDB vs. SiriDB

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. Apache Jena - TDB vs. IBM Cloudant vs. PouchDB vs. SiriDB

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonApache Jena - TDB  Xexclude from comparisonIBM Cloudant  Xexclude from comparisonPouchDB  Xexclude from comparisonSiriDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemA RDF storage and query DBMS, shipped as an optional-use component of the Apache Jena frameworkDatabase as a Service offering based on Apache CouchDBJavaScript DBMS with an API inspired by CouchDBOpen Source Time Series DBMS
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRDF storeDocument storeDocument storeTime Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score2.47
Rank#110  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score3.62
Rank#83  Overall
#3  RDF stores
Score2.75
Rank#104  Overall
#19  Document stores
Score2.34
Rank#112  Overall
#21  Document stores
Score0.07
Rank#378  Overall
#42  Time Series DBMS
Websitewww.4d.comjena.apache.org/­documentation/­tdb/­index.htmlwww.ibm.com/­products/­cloudantpouchdb.comsiridb.com
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comjena.apache.org/­documentation/­tdb/­index.htmlcloud.ibm.com/­docs/­Cloudantpouchdb.com/­guidesdocs.siridb.com
Developer4D, IncApache Software Foundation infooriginally developed by HP LabsIBM, Apache Software Foundation infoIBM acquired Cloudant in February 2014Apache Software FoundationCesbit
Initial release19842000201020122017
Current releasev20, April 20234.9.0, July 20237.1.1, June 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache License, Version 2.0commercialOpen SourceOpen Source infoMIT License
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesnono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageJavaErlangJavaScriptC
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
All OS with a Java VMhostedserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
Data schemeyesyes infoRDF Schemasschema-freeschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesnonoyes infoNumeric data
XML support infoSome form of processing data in XML format, e.g. support for XML data structures, and/or support for XPath, XQuery or XSLT.yesnonono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes infovia viewsyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92nononono
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
Fuseki infoREST-style SPARQL HTTP Interface
Jena RDF API
RIO infoRDF Input/Output
RESTful HTTP/JSON APIHTTP REST infoonly for PouchDB Server
JavaScript API
HTTP API
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
JavaC#
Java
JavaScript
Objective-C
PHP
Ruby
JavaScriptC
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyesView functions (Map-Reduce) in JavaScriptView functions in JavaScriptno
Triggersyesyes infovia event handleryesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenoneShardingSharding infowith a proxy-based framework, named couchdb-loungeSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationnoneMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
Multi-source replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
Source-replica replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
yes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACID infoTDB Transactionsno infoatomic operations within a document possiblenono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes infoOptimistic lockingyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes infoby using IndexedDB, WebSQL or LevelDB as backendyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nonoyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsAccess control via Jena SecurityAccess rights for users can be defined per databasenosimple rights management via user accounts

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