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System Properties Comparison Apache Jena - TDB vs. Datomic vs. Oracle Berkeley DB

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Name

Description

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

Datomic builds on immutable values, supports point-in-time queries and uses 3rd party systems for durability

Widely used in-process key-value store

Primary database model

RDF store

Relational DBMS

Key-value store

supports sorted and unsorted key sets
Native XML DBMS

in the Oracle Berkeley DB XML version

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Score	3.62
Rank	#83	Overall
	#3	RDF stores

Score	1.66
Rank	#144	Overall
	#66	Relational DBMS

Score	2.01
Rank	#126	Overall
	#21	Key-value stores
	#3	Native XML DBMS

Website

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

www.datomic.com

www.oracle.com/database/technologies/related/berkeleydb.html

Technical documentation

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

docs.datomic.com

docs.oracle.com/cd/E17076_05/html/index.html

Developer

Apache Software Foundation

originally developed by HP Labs

Cognitect

Oracle

originally developed by Sleepycat, which was acquired by Oracle

Initial release

2000

2012

1994

Current release

4.9.0, July 2023

1.0.7075, December 2023

18.1.40, May 2020

License

Commercial or Open Source

Open Source

Apache License, Version 2.0

commercial

limited edition free

Open Source

commercial license available

Cloud-based only

Only available as a cloud service

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Implementation language

Java

Java, Clojure

C, Java, C++ (depending on the Berkeley DB edition)

Server operating systems

All OS with a Java VM

AIX
Android
FreeBSD
iOS
Linux
OS X
Solaris
VxWorks
Windows

Data scheme

yes

RDF Schemas

yes

schema-free

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

only with the Berkeley DB XML edition

Secondary indexes

yes

SQL

Support of SQL

yes

SQL interfaced based on SQLite is available

APIs and other access methods

Fuseki

REST-style SPARQL HTTP Interface
Jena RDF API
RIO

RDF Input/Output

RESTful HTTP API

Supported programming languages

Java

Clojure
Java

.Net

Figaro is a .Net framework assembly that extends Berkeley DB XML into an embeddable database engine for .NET
others

Third-party libraries to manipulate Berkeley DB files are available for many languages
C
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)

3rd party binding
Perl
Python
Tcl

Server-side scripts

Stored procedures

yes

Transaction Functions

Triggers

yes

via event handler

By using transaction functions

yes

only for the SQL API

Partitioning methods

Methods for storing different data on different nodes

none

But extensive use of caching in the application peers

none

Replication methods

Methods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodes

none

But extensive use of caching in the application peers

Source-replica replication

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

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

using external storage systems (e.g. Cassandra, DynamoDB, PostgreSQL, Couchbase and others)

yes

In-memory capabilities

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

yes

recommended only for testing and development

yes

User concepts

Access control

Access control via Jena Security

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