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System Properties Comparison Apache Jena - TDB vs. BigchainDB vs. DataFS vs. Microsoft SQL Server

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Name

Description

A RDF storage and query DBMS, shipped as an optional-use component of the Apache Jena framework

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All data is stored inside objects which are linked by so-called link attributes. Objects consist of classes which can be extended and de-extended at runtime. Graphs can be defined with a struct.

Microsofts flagship relational DBMS

Primary database model

Secondary database models

Graph DBMS

Document store
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS

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Score	3.62
Rank	#83	Overall
	#3	RDF stores

Score	0.85
Rank	#208	Overall
	#35	Document stores

Score	0.09
Rank	#360	Overall
	#18	Object oriented DBMS

Score	821.56
Rank	#3	Overall
	#3	Relational DBMS

Website

jena.apache.org/documentation/tdb/index.html

www.bigchaindb.com

newdatabase.com

www.microsoft.com/en-us/sql-server

Technical documentation

jena.apache.org/documentation/tdb/index.html

bigchaindb.readthedocs.io/en/latest

dev.mobiland.com/Overview.xsp

learn.microsoft.com/en-US/sql/sql-server

Developer

Apache Software Foundation

originally developed by HP Labs

Mobiland AG

Microsoft

Initial release

2000

2016

2018

1989

Current release

4.9.0, July 2023

1.1.263, October 2022

SQL Server 2022, November 2022

License

Commercial or Open Source

Open Source

Apache License, Version 2.0

Open Source

AGPL v3

commercial

restricted free version is available

Cloud-based only

Only available as a cloud service

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Implementation language

Java

Python

C++

Server operating systems

All OS with a Java VM

Linux

Windows

Linux
Windows

Data scheme

yes

RDF Schemas

schema-free

Classes, Structs, and Lists are written in proprietary DataTypeDefinitionLanguage (.dtdl) and Objects consisting of those are written in proprietary DataAccessDefinitionLanguage (.dadl)

yes

Typing

predefined data types such as float or date

yes

XML support

Some form of processing data in XML format, e.g. support for XML data structures, and/or support for XPath, XQuery or XSLT.

yes

Secondary indexes

yes

SQL

Support of SQL

yes

APIs and other access methods

Fuseki

REST-style SPARQL HTTP Interface
Jena RDF API
RIO

RDF Input/Output

CLI Client
RESTful HTTP API

.NET Client API
Proprietary client DLL
WinRT client

ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
Tabular Data Stream (TDS)

Supported programming languages

Java

Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby

.Net
C
C#
C++
VB.Net

C#
C++
Delphi
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Visual Basic

Server-side scripts

Stored procedures

yes

Transact SQL, .NET languages, R, Python and (with SQL Server 2019) Java

Triggers

yes

via event handler

no, except callback-events from server when changes happened

yes

Partitioning methods

Methods for storing different data on different nodes

none

Sharding

Proprietary Sharding system

tables can be distributed across several files (horizontal partitioning); sharding through federation

Replication methods

Methods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodes

none

selectable replication factor

yes, but depending on the SQL-Server Edition

MapReduce

Offers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methods

Consistency concepts

Methods to ensure consistency in a distributed system

Immediate Consistency

Foreign keys

Referential integrity

yes

Transaction concepts

Support to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of data

ACID

TDB Transactions

ACID

Concurrency

Support for concurrent manipulation of data

yes

Durability

Support for making data persistent

yes

yes,with MongoDB ord RethinkDB

yes

In-memory capabilities

Is there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.

yes

User concepts

Access control

Access control via Jena Security

yes

Windows-Profile

fine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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