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System Properties Comparison Apache Jena - TDB vs. BigchainDB vs. EJDB vs. LokiJS

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Name

Description

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

BigchainDB is scalable blockchain database offering decentralization, immutability and native assets

Embeddable document-store database library with JSON representation of queries (in MongoDB style)

In-memory JavaScript DBMS

Primary database model

RDF store

Document store

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Score	2.91
Rank	#93	Overall
	#3	RDF stores

Score	0.76
Rank	#216	Overall
	#36	Document stores

Score	0.13
Rank	#331	Overall
	#46	Document stores

Score	0.44
Rank	#256	Overall
	#40	Document stores

Website

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

www.bigchaindb.com

github.com/Softmotions/ejdb

github.com/techfort/LokiJS

Technical documentation

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

bigchaindb.readthedocs.io/en/latest

github.com/Softmotions/ejdb/blob/master/README.md

techfort.github.io/LokiJS

Developer

Apache Software Foundation

originally developed by HP Labs

Softmotions

Initial release

2000

2016

2012

2014

Current release

4.9.0, July 2023

License

Commercial or Open Source

Open Source

Apache License, Version 2.0

Open Source

AGPL v3

Open Source

GPLv2

Open Source

Cloud-based only

Only available as a cloud service

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Implementation language

Java

Python

JavaScript

Server operating systems

All OS with a Java VM

Linux

server-less

server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)

Data scheme

yes

RDF Schemas

schema-free

Typing

predefined data types such as float or date

yes

string, integer, double, bool, date, object_id

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.

Secondary indexes

yes

via views

SQL

Support of SQL

APIs and other access methods

Fuseki

REST-style SPARQL HTTP Interface
Jena RDF API
RIO

RDF Input/Output

CLI Client
RESTful HTTP API

in-process shared library

JavaScript API

Supported programming languages

Java

Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby

Actionscript
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lua
Objective-C
Pike
Python
Ruby

JavaScript

Server-side scripts

Stored procedures

yes

View functions in JavaScript

Triggers

yes

via event handler

yes

Partitioning methods

Methods for storing different data on different nodes

none

Sharding

none

Replication methods

Methods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodes

none

selectable replication factor

none

MapReduce

Offers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methods

yes

Consistency concepts

Methods to ensure consistency in a distributed system

none

Foreign keys

Referential integrity

typically not needed, however similar functionality with collection joins possible

Transaction concepts

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

ACID

TDB Transactions

atomic operations within a single collection possible

Concurrency

Support for concurrent manipulation of data

yes

Read/Write Locking

Durability

Support for making data persistent

yes

yes,with MongoDB ord RethinkDB

yes

Serialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.

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

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