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System Properties Comparison Apache Jena - TDB vs. Apache Spark (SQL) vs. Firebase Realtime Database

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NameApache Jena - TDB  Xexclude from comparisonApache Spark (SQL)  Xexclude from comparisonFirebase Realtime Database  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA RDF storage and query DBMS, shipped as an optional-use component of the Apache Jena frameworkApache Spark SQL is a component on top of 'Spark Core' for structured data processingCloud-hosted realtime document store. iOS, Android, and JavaScript clients share one Realtime Database instance and automatically receive updates with the newest data.
Primary database modelRDF storeRelational DBMSDocument store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score2.85
Rank#88  Overall
#3  RDF stores
Score17.80
Rank#31  Overall
#19  Relational DBMS
Score13.11
Rank#39  Overall
#6  Document stores
Websitejena.apache.org/­documentation/­tdb/­index.htmlspark.apache.org/­sqlfirebase.google.com/­products/­realtime-database
Technical documentationjena.apache.org/­documentation/­tdb/­index.htmlspark.apache.org/­docs/­latest/­sql-programming-guide.htmlfirebase.google.com/­docs/­database
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infooriginally developed by HP LabsApache Software FoundationGoogle infoacquired by Google 2014
Initial release200020142012
Current release4.9.0, July 20233.5.0 ( 2.13), September 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache License, Version 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyes
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageJavaScala
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMLinux
OS X
Windows
hosted
Data schemeyes infoRDF Schemasyesschema-free
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.nono
Secondary indexesyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL-like DML and DDL statementsno
APIs and other access methodsFuseki infoREST-style SPARQL HTTP Interface
Jena RDF API
RIO infoRDF Input/Output
JDBC
ODBC
Android
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesJavaJava
Python
R
Scala
Java
JavaScript
Objective-C
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnolimited functionality with using 'rules'
Triggersyes infovia event handlernoCallbacks are triggered when data changes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneyes, utilizing Spark Core
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency infoif the client is offline
Immediate Consistency infoif the client is online
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACID infoTDB Transactionsnoyes
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.no
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess control via Jena Securitynoyes, based on authentication and database rules

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