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Name

Description

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

Spatial extension of PostgreSQL

Primary database model

RDF store

Spatial DBMS

Secondary database models

Relational DBMS

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Score	20.16
Rank	#29	Overall
	#1	Spatial DBMS

Website

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

postgis.net

Technical documentation

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

postgis.net/documentation

Developer

Apache Software Foundation

originally developed by HP Labs

Initial release

2000

2005

Current release

4.9.0, July 2023

3.4.2, February 2024

License

Commercial or Open Source

Open Source

Apache License, Version 2.0

Open Source

GPL v2.0

Cloud-based only

Only available as a cloud service

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Implementation language

Java

Server operating systems

All OS with a Java VM

Data scheme

yes

RDF Schemas

yes

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

Secondary indexes

yes

SQL

Support of SQL

yes

APIs and other access methods

Fuseki

REST-style SPARQL HTTP Interface
Jena RDF API
RIO

RDF Input/Output

Supported programming languages

Java

Server-side scripts

Stored procedures

yes

user defined functions

Triggers

yes

via event handler

yes

Partitioning methods

Methods for storing different data on different nodes

none

yes

based on PostgreSQL

Replication methods

Methods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodes

none

yes

based on PostgreSQL

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

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

In-memory capabilities

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

User concepts

Access control

Access control via Jena Security

yes

based on PostgreSQL

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