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System Properties Comparison Apache Jena - TDB vs. EJDB vs. Ingres vs. Lovefield

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Name

Description

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

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

Well established RDBMS

Embeddable relational database for web apps written in pure JavaScript

Primary database model

RDF store

Document store

Relational DBMS

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Score	3.75
Rank	#84	Overall
	#3	RDF stores

Score	0.27
Rank	#297	Overall
	#44	Document stores

Score	4.11
Rank	#81	Overall
	#44	Relational DBMS

Score	0.29
Rank	#293	Overall
	#133	Relational DBMS

Website

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

github.com/Softmotions/ejdb

www.actian.com/databases/ingres

google.github.io/lovefield

Technical documentation

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

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

docs.actian.com/ingres

github.com/google/lovefield/blob/master/docs/spec_index.md

Developer

Apache Software Foundation

originally developed by HP Labs

Softmotions

Actian Corporation

Google

Initial release

2000

2012

1974

originally developed at University Berkely in early 1970s

2014

Current release

4.9.0, July 2023

11.2, May 2022

2.1.12, February 2017

License

Commercial or Open Source

Open Source

Apache License, Version 2.0

Open Source

GPLv2

commercial

Open Source

Apache 2.0

Cloud-based only

Only available as a cloud service

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Implementation language

Java

JavaScript

Server operating systems

All OS with a Java VM

server-less

AIX
HP Open VMS
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows

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

tested with Chrome, Firefox, IE, Safari

Data scheme

yes

RDF Schemas

schema-free

yes

Typing

predefined data types such as float or date

yes

string, integer, double, bool, date, object_id

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.

but tools for importing/exporting data from/to XML-files available

Secondary indexes

yes

SQL

Support of SQL

yes

SQL-like query language

via JavaScript builder pattern

APIs and other access methods

Fuseki

REST-style SPARQL HTTP Interface
Jena RDF API
RIO

RDF Input/Output

in-process shared library

.NET Client API
JDBC
ODBC
proprietary protocol (OpenAPI)

Supported programming languages

Java

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

JavaScript

Server-side scripts

Stored procedures

yes

Triggers

yes

via event handler

yes

Using read-only observers

Partitioning methods

Methods for storing different data on different nodes

none

horizontal partitioning

Ingres Star to access multiple databases simultaneously

none

Replication methods

Methods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodes

none

Ingres Replicator

none

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

typically not needed, however similar functionality with collection joins possible

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

Read/Write Locking

yes

MVCC

yes

Durability

Support for making data persistent

yes

yes, by using IndexedDB or the cloud service Firebase Realtime Database

In-memory capabilities

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

yes

using MemoryDB

User concepts

Access control

Access control via Jena Security

fine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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