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System Properties Comparison Apache Jena - TDB vs. GeoMesa vs. RDFox vs. SwayDB vs. TerminusDB

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NameApache Jena - TDB  Xexclude from comparisonGeoMesa  Xexclude from comparisonRDFox  Xexclude from comparisonSwayDB  Xexclude from comparisonTerminusDB infoformer name was DataChemist  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA RDF storage and query DBMS, shipped as an optional-use component of the Apache Jena frameworkGeoMesa is a distributed spatio-temporal DBMS based on various systems as storage layer.High performance knowledge graph and semantic reasoning engineAn embeddable, non-blocking, type-safe key-value store for single or multiple disks and in-memory storageScalable Graph Database platform making enterprise data available by exploiting inferred entities and relationships
Primary database modelRDF storeSpatial DBMSGraph DBMS
RDF store
Key-value storeGraph DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSDocument store
RDF store
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Score3.75
Rank#84  Overall
#3  RDF stores
Score0.78
Rank#213  Overall
#4  Spatial DBMS
Score0.23
Rank#308  Overall
#25  Graph DBMS
#14  RDF stores
Score0.00
Rank#382  Overall
#59  Key-value stores
Score0.17
Rank#325  Overall
#29  Graph DBMS
Websitejena.apache.org/­documentation/­tdb/­index.htmlwww.geomesa.orgwww.oxfordsemantic.techswaydb.simer.auterminusdb.com
Technical documentationjena.apache.org/­documentation/­tdb/­index.htmlwww.geomesa.org/­documentation/­stable/­user/­index.htmldocs.oxfordsemantic.techterminusdb.github.io/­terminusdb/­#
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infooriginally developed by HP LabsCCRi and othersOxford Semantic TechnologiesSimer PlahaDataChemist Ltd.
Initial release20002014201720182018
Current release4.9.0, July 20235.0.0, May 20246.0, Septermber 202211.0.0, January 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache License, Version 2.0Open Source infoApache License 2.0commercialOpen Source infoGNU Affero GPL V3.0Open Source infoGPL V3
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScalaC++ScalaProlog, Rust
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMLinux
macOS
Windows
Linux
Data schemeyes infoRDF Schemasyesyes infoRDF schemasschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesnoyes
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.nonono
Secondary indexesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonononoSQL-like query language (WOQL)
APIs and other access methodsFuseki infoREST-style SPARQL HTTP Interface
Jena RDF API
RIO infoRDF Input/Output
RESTful HTTP API
SPARQL 1.1
OWL
RESTful HTTP API
WOQL (Web Object Query Language)
Supported programming languagesJavaC
Java
Java
Kotlin
Scala
JavaScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnonoyes
Triggersyes infovia event handlernonoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonedepending on storage layernoneGraph Partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonedepending on storage layerreplication via a shared file systemnoneJournaling Streams
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemdepending on storage layerImmediate Consistency in stand-alone mode, Eventual Consistency in replicated setupsImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACID infoTDB TransactionsnoACIDAtomic execution of operationsACID
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.depending on storage layeryesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess control via Jena Securityyes infodepending on the DBMS used for storageRoles, resources, and access typesnoRole-based access control

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