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DBMS > 4D vs. GeoMesa vs. OpenQM vs. RDFox

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. GeoMesa vs. OpenQM vs. RDFox

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonGeoMesa  Xexclude from comparisonOpenQM infoalso called QM  Xexclude from comparisonRDFox  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemGeoMesa is a distributed spatio-temporal DBMS based on various systems as storage layer.QpenQM is a high-performance, self-tuning, multi-value DBMSHigh performance knowledge graph and semantic reasoning engine
Primary database modelRelational DBMSSpatial DBMSMultivalue DBMSGraph DBMS
RDF store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
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Score2.47
Rank#110  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score0.86
Rank#205  Overall
#4  Spatial DBMS
Score0.34
Rank#284  Overall
#10  Multivalue DBMS
Score0.29
Rank#300  Overall
#24  Graph DBMS
#13  RDF stores
Websitewww.4d.comwww.geomesa.orgwww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-open-qmwww.oxfordsemantic.tech
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comwww.geomesa.org/­documentation/­stable/­user/­index.htmldocs.oxfordsemantic.tech
Developer4D, IncCCRi and othersRocket Software, originally Martin PhillipsOxford Semantic Technologies
Initial release1984201419932017
Current releasev20, April 20235.0.0, May 20243.4-126.0, Septermber 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoGPLv2, extended commercial license availablecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageScalaC++
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
AIX
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Raspberry Pi
Solaris
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyes infowith some exceptionsyes infoRDF schemas
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes
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.yesnoyes
Secondary indexesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92nonono
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
RESTful HTTP API
SPARQL 1.1
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
.Net
Basic
C
Java
Objective C
PHP
Python
C
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnoyes
Triggersyesnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonedepending on storage layeryes
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationdepending on storage layeryesreplication via a shared file system
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistencydepending on storage layerImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency in stand-alone mode, Eventual Consistency in replicated setups
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACIDACID
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.nodepending on storage layeryes
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsyes infodepending on the DBMS used for storageAccess rights can be defined down to the item levelRoles, resources, and access types

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