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System Properties Comparison Apache Jena - TDB vs. BigchainDB vs. Oracle Rdb vs. Sphinx

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NameApache Jena - TDB  Xexclude from comparisonBigchainDB  Xexclude from comparisonOracle Rdb  Xexclude from comparisonSphinx  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA RDF storage and query DBMS, shipped as an optional-use component of the Apache Jena frameworkBigchainDB is scalable blockchain database offering decentralization, immutability and native assetsOpen source search engine for searching in data from different sources, e.g. relational databases
Primary database modelRDF storeDocument storeRelational DBMSSearch engine
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score3.62
Rank#83  Overall
#3  RDF stores
Score0.85
Rank#208  Overall
#35  Document stores
Score1.14
Rank#178  Overall
#80  Relational DBMS
Score5.95
Rank#55  Overall
#5  Search engines
Websitejena.apache.org/­documentation/­tdb/­index.htmlwww.bigchaindb.comwww.oracle.com/­database/­technologies/­related/­rdb.htmlsphinxsearch.com
Technical documentationjena.apache.org/­documentation/­tdb/­index.htmlbigchaindb.readthedocs.io/­en/­latestwww.oracle.com/­database/­technologies/­related/­rdb-doc.htmlsphinxsearch.com/­docs
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infooriginally developed by HP LabsOracle, originally developed by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC)Sphinx Technologies Inc.
Initial release2000201619842001
Current release4.9.0, July 20237.4.1.1, 20213.5.1, February 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache License, Version 2.0Open Source infoAGPL v3commercialOpen Source infoGPL version 2, commercial licence available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaPythonC++
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMLinuxHP Open VMSFreeBSD
Linux
NetBSD
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeyes infoRDF Schemasschema-freeFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free)yes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyesno
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 indexesyesyesyes infofull-text index on all search fields
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoyesSQL-like query language (SphinxQL)
APIs and other access methodsFuseki infoREST-style SPARQL HTTP Interface
Jena RDF API
RIO infoRDF Input/Output
CLI Client
RESTful HTTP API
Proprietary protocol
Supported programming languagesJavaGo
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
C++ infounofficial client library
Java
Perl infounofficial client library
PHP
Python
Ruby infounofficial client library
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesno
Triggersyes infovia event handlerno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingSharding infoPartitioning is done manually, search queries against distributed index is supported
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneselectable replication factornone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACID infoTDB Transactionsyes, on a single nodeno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes,with MongoDB ord RethinkDByesyes infoThe original contents of fields are not stored in the Sphinx index.
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 Securityyesno

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