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System Properties Comparison 4D vs. Apache Jena - TDB vs. Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics vs. RDFox

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonApache Jena - TDB  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure Synapse Analytics infopreviously named Azure SQL Data Warehouse  Xexclude from comparisonRDFox  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 frameworkElastic, large scale data warehouse service leveraging the broad eco-system of SQL ServerHigh performance knowledge graph and semantic reasoning engine
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRDF storeRelational DBMSGraph DBMS
RDF store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
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Score2.37
Rank#110  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score2.91
Rank#93  Overall
#3  RDF stores
Score18.98
Rank#31  Overall
#19  Relational DBMS
Score0.22
Rank#305  Overall
#25  Graph DBMS
#15  RDF stores
Websitewww.4d.comjena.apache.org/­documentation/­tdb/­index.htmlazure.microsoft.com/­services/­synapse-analyticswww.oxfordsemantic.tech
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comjena.apache.org/­documentation/­tdb/­index.htmldocs.microsoft.com/­azure/­synapse-analyticsdocs.oxfordsemantic.tech
Developer4D, IncApache Software Foundation infooriginally developed by HP LabsMicrosoftOxford Semantic Technologies
Initial release1984200020162017
Current releasev20, April 20234.9.0, July 20236.0, Septermber 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache License, Version 2.0commercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesno
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Implementation languageJavaC++C++
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
All OS with a Java VMhostedLinux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeyesyes infoRDF Schemasyesyes infoRDF schemas
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes
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.yesno
Secondary indexesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92noyesno
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
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
SPARQL 1.1
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
JavaC#
Java
PHP
C
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyesTransact SQL
Triggersyesyes infovia event handlerno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenoneSharding, horizontal partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationnoneyesreplication via a shared file system
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency in stand-alone mode, Eventual Consistency in replicated setups
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesno infodocs.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­synapse-analytics/­sql-data-warehouse/­sql-data-warehouse-table-constraints
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACID infoTDB TransactionsACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyes
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsAccess control via Jena SecurityyesRoles, resources, and access types

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