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NameApache Jena - TDB  Xexclude from comparisonBangdb  Xexclude from comparisonOrientDB  Xexclude from comparisonRDF4J infoformerly known as Sesame  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA RDF storage and query DBMS, shipped as an optional-use component of the Apache Jena frameworkConverged and high performance database for device data, events, time series, document and graphMulti-model DBMS (Document, Graph, Key/Value)RDF4J is a Java framework for processing RDF data, supporting both memory-based and a disk-based storage.
Primary database modelRDF storeDocument store
Graph DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Document store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store
RDF store
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMS
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Trend Chart
Score3.62
Rank#83  Overall
#3  RDF stores
Score0.16
Rank#338  Overall
#47  Document stores
#32  Graph DBMS
#31  Time Series DBMS
Score3.25
Rank#89  Overall
#16  Document stores
#6  Graph DBMS
#13  Key-value stores
Score0.74
Rank#222  Overall
#9  RDF stores
Websitejena.apache.org/­documentation/­tdb/­index.htmlbangdb.comorientdb.orgrdf4j.org
Technical documentationjena.apache.org/­documentation/­tdb/­index.htmldocs.bangdb.comwww.orientdb.com/­docs/­last/­index.htmlrdf4j.org/­documentation
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infooriginally developed by HP LabsSachin Sinha, BangDBOrientDB LTD; CallidusCloud; SAPSince 2016 officially forked into an Eclipse project, former developer was Aduna Software.
Initial release2000201220102004
Current release4.9.0, July 2023BangDB 2.0, October 20213.2.29, March 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache License, Version 2.0Open Source infoBSD 3Open Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoEclipse Distribution License (EDL), v1.0.
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaC, C++JavaJava
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMLinuxAll OS with a Java JDK (>= JDK 6)Linux
OS X
Unix
Windows
Data schemeyes infoRDF Schemasschema-freeschema-free infoSchema can be enforced for whole record ("schema-full") or for some fields only ("schema-hybrid")yes infoRDF Schemas
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes: string, long, double, int, geospatial, stream, eventsyesyes
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 indexesyesyes infosecondary, composite, nested, reverse, geospatialyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL like support with command line toolSQL-like query language, no joinsno
APIs and other access methodsFuseki infoREST-style SPARQL HTTP Interface
Jena RDF API
RIO infoRDF Input/Output
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
Tinkerpop technology stack with Blueprints, Gremlin, Pipes
Java API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Java API
RIO infoRDF Input/Output
Sail API
SeRQL infoSesame RDF Query Language
Sesame REST HTTP Protocol
SPARQL
Supported programming languagesJavaC
C#
C++
Java
Python
.Net
C
C#
C++
Clojure
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
Java
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnoJava, Javascriptyes
Triggersyes infovia event handleryes, Notifications (with Streaming only)Hooksyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneSharding (enterprise version only). P2P based virtual network overlay with consistent hashing and chord algorithmShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneselectable replication factor, Knob for CAP (enterprise version only)Multi-source replicationnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono infocould be achieved with distributed queriesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemTunable consistency, set CAP knob accordingly
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyes inforelationship in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACID infoTDB TransactionsACIDACIDACID infoIsolation support depends on the API used
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes, optimistic concurrency controlyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes, implements WAL (Write ahead log) as wellyesyes infoin-memory storage is supported as well
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes, run db with in-memory only mode
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess control via Jena Securityyes (enterprise version only)Access rights for users and roles; record level security configurableno

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