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System Properties Comparison Apache Jena - TDB vs. Brytlyt vs. JanusGraph vs. Lovefield vs. RDF4J

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NameApache Jena - TDB  Xexclude from comparisonBrytlyt  Xexclude from comparisonJanusGraph infosuccessor of Titan  Xexclude from comparisonLovefield  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 frameworkScalable GPU-accelerated RDBMS for very fast analytic and streaming workloads, leveraging PostgreSQLA Graph DBMS optimized for distributed clusters infoIt was forked from the latest code base of Titan in January 2017Embeddable relational database for web apps written in pure JavaScriptRDF4J is a Java framework for processing RDF data, supporting both memory-based and a disk-based storage.
Primary database modelRDF storeRelational DBMSGraph DBMSRelational DBMSRDF store
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Score3.62
Rank#83  Overall
#3  RDF stores
Score0.38
Rank#276  Overall
#127  Relational DBMS
Score2.02
Rank#125  Overall
#12  Graph DBMS
Score0.33
Rank#286  Overall
#131  Relational DBMS
Score0.74
Rank#222  Overall
#9  RDF stores
Websitejena.apache.org/­documentation/­tdb/­index.htmlbrytlyt.iojanusgraph.orggoogle.github.io/­lovefieldrdf4j.org
Technical documentationjena.apache.org/­documentation/­tdb/­index.htmldocs.brytlyt.iodocs.janusgraph.orggithub.com/­google/­lovefield/­blob/­master/­docs/­spec_index.mdrdf4j.org/­documentation
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infooriginally developed by HP LabsBrytlytLinux Foundation; originally developed as Titan by AureliusGoogleSince 2016 officially forked into an Eclipse project, former developer was Aduna Software.
Initial release20002016201720142004
Current release4.9.0, July 20235.0, August 20230.6.3, February 20232.1.12, February 2017
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache License, Version 2.0commercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoEclipse Distribution License (EDL), v1.0.
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaC, C++ and CUDAJavaJavaScriptJava
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMLinux
OS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Unix
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js) infotested with Chrome, Firefox, IE, SafariLinux
OS X
Unix
Windows
Data schemeyes infoRDF Schemasyesyesyesyes infoRDF Schemas
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesyes
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.yes infospecific XML-type available, but no XML query functionality.nono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesnoSQL-like query language infovia JavaScript builder patternno
APIs and other access methodsFuseki infoREST-style SPARQL HTTP Interface
Jena RDF API
RIO infoRDF Input/Output
ADO.NET
JDBC
native C library
ODBC
streaming API for large objects
Java API
TinkerPop Blueprints
TinkerPop Frames
TinkerPop Gremlin
TinkerPop Rexster
Java API
RIO infoRDF Input/Output
Sail API
SeRQL infoSesame RDF Query Language
Sesame REST HTTP Protocol
SPARQL
Supported programming languagesJava.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Java
Perl
Python
Tcl
Clojure
Java
Python
JavaScriptJava
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesuser defined functions infoin PL/pgSQLyesnoyes
Triggersyes infovia event handleryesyesUsing read-only observersyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneyes infodepending on the used storage backend (e.g. Cassandra, HBase, BerkeleyDB)nonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneSource-replica replicationyesnonenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyes infovia Faunus, a graph analytics enginenono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyes infoRelationships in graphsyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACID infoTDB TransactionsACIDACIDACIDACID infoIsolation support depends on the API used
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infoSupports various storage backends: Cassandra, HBase, Berkeley DB, Akiban, Hazelcastyes, by using IndexedDB or the cloud service Firebase Realtime Databaseyes 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 infousing MemoryDB
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess control via Jena Securityfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardUser authentification and security via Rexster Graph Servernono

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