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System Properties Comparison Apache Jena - TDB vs. jBASE vs. Lovefield vs. SAP IQ

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Name

Description

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

A robust multi-value DBMS comprising development tools and middleware

Embeddable relational database for web apps written in pure JavaScript

Columnar RDBMS optimized for Big Data analytics

Primary database model

RDF store

Multivalue DBMS

Relational DBMS

column-oriented

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Score	3.62
Rank	#83	Overall
	#3	RDF stores

Score	1.49
Rank	#156	Overall
	#3	Multivalue DBMS

Score	0.33
Rank	#286	Overall
	#131	Relational DBMS

Score	2.64
Rank	#108	Overall
	#52	Relational DBMS

Website

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

www.rocketsoftware.com/products/rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/rocket-jbase

google.github.io/lovefield

www.sap.com/products/technology-platform/sybase-iq-big-data-management.html

Technical documentation

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

docs.rocketsoftware.com/bundle?labelkey=jbase_5.9

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

help.sap.com/docs/SAP_IQ

Developer

Apache Software Foundation

originally developed by HP Labs

Rocket Software (formerly Zumasys)

Google

SAP, formerly Sybase

Initial release

2000

1991

2014

1994

Current release

4.9.0, July 2023

5.7

2.1.12, February 2017

16.1 SPS04, April 2019

License

Commercial or Open Source

Open Source

Apache License, Version 2.0

commercial

Open Source

Apache 2.0

commercial

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

AIX
Linux
Windows

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

tested with Chrome, Firefox, IE, Safari

AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows

Data scheme

yes

RDF Schemas

schema-free

yes

Typing

predefined data types such as float or date

yes

optional

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

Secondary indexes

yes

SQL

Support of SQL

Embedded SQL for jBASE in BASIC

SQL-like query language

via JavaScript builder pattern

yes

APIs and other access methods

Fuseki

REST-style SPARQL HTTP Interface
Jena RDF API
RIO

RDF Input/Output

JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
SOAP-based API

ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API

Supported programming languages

Java

.Net
Basic
Jabbascript
Java

JavaScript

C
C#
C++
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby

Server-side scripts

Stored procedures

yes

Triggers

yes

via event handler

yes

Using read-only observers

yes

Partitioning methods

Methods for storing different data on different nodes

none

Sharding

none

shared disk or shared nothing architectures with SAP IQ Multiplexer

Replication methods

Methods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodes

none

yes

none

SAP/Sybase Replication Server

MapReduce

Offers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methods

Hadoop integration

Consistency concepts

Methods to ensure consistency in a distributed system

Immediate Consistency

Foreign keys

Referential integrity

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

Durability

Support for making data persistent

yes

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

yes

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

Access rights can be defined down to the item level

fine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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