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DBMS > Apache Jena - TDB vs. FatDB vs. Kingbase vs. RDFox vs. TerminusDB

System Properties Comparison Apache Jena - TDB vs. FatDB vs. Kingbase vs. RDFox vs. TerminusDB

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NameApache Jena - TDB  Xexclude from comparisonFatDB  Xexclude from comparisonKingbase  Xexclude from comparisonRDFox  Xexclude from comparisonTerminusDB infoformer name was DataChemist  Xexclude from comparison
FatDB/FatCloud has ceased operations as a company with February 2014. FatDB is discontinued and excluded from the ranking.
DescriptionA RDF storage and query DBMS, shipped as an optional-use component of the Apache Jena frameworkA .NET NoSQL DBMS that can integrate with and extend SQL Server.An enterprise-class RDBMS compatible with PostgreSQL and Oracle and widely used in China.High performance knowledge graph and semantic reasoning engineScalable Graph Database platform making enterprise data available by exploiting inferred entities and relationships
Primary database modelRDF storeDocument store
Key-value store
Relational DBMSGraph DBMS
RDF store
Graph DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Relational DBMSDocument store
RDF store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score2.91
Rank#93  Overall
#3  RDF stores
Score0.44
Rank#258  Overall
#117  Relational DBMS
Score0.22
Rank#305  Overall
#25  Graph DBMS
#15  RDF stores
Score0.19
Rank#311  Overall
#27  Graph DBMS
Websitejena.apache.org/­documentation/­tdb/­index.htmlwww.kingbase.com.cnwww.oxfordsemantic.techterminusdb.com
Technical documentationjena.apache.org/­documentation/­tdb/­index.htmldocs.oxfordsemantic.techterminusdb.github.io/­terminusdb/­#
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infooriginally developed by HP LabsFatCloudBeiJing KINGBASE Information technologies inc.Oxford Semantic TechnologiesDataChemist Ltd.
Initial release20002012199920172018
Current release4.9.0, July 2023V8.0, August 20216.0, Septermber 202211.0.0, January 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache License, Version 2.0commercialcommercialcommercialOpen Source infoGPL V3
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaC#C and JavaC++Prolog, Rust
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMWindowsLinux
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
Linux
Data schemeyes infoRDF Schemasschema-freeyesyes infoRDF schemasyes
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.yesno
Secondary indexesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnono infoVia inetgration in SQL ServerStandard with numerous extensionsnoSQL-like query language (WOQL)
APIs and other access methodsFuseki infoREST-style SPARQL HTTP Interface
Jena RDF API
RIO infoRDF Input/Output
.NET Client API
LINQ
RESTful HTTP API
RPC
Windows WCF Bindings
ADO.NET
gokb
JDBC
kdbndp
ODBC
PDI
PDO
Pro*C
psycopg2
QT
RESTful HTTP API
SPARQL 1.1
OWL
RESTful HTTP API
WOQL (Web Object Query Language)
Supported programming languagesJavaC#.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
C
Java
JavaScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyes infovia applicationsuser defined functionsyes
Triggersyes infovia event handleryes infovia applicationsyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardinghorizontal partitioning (by range, list and hash) and vertical partitioningGraph Partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneselectable replication factoryesreplication via a shared file systemJournaling Streams
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency in stand-alone mode, Eventual Consistency in replicated setups
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACID infoTDB TransactionsnoACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes infoin-memory journaling
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess control via Jena Securityno infoCan implement custom security layer via applicationsfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardRoles, resources, and access typesRole-based access control

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