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System Properties Comparison Apache Jena - TDB vs. RDF4J vs. TerminusDB

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NameApache Jena - TDB  Xexclude from comparisonRDF4J infoformerly known as Sesame  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 frameworkRDF4J is a Java framework for processing RDF data, supporting both memory-based and a disk-based storage.Scalable Graph Database platform making enterprise data available by exploiting inferred entities and relationships
Primary database modelRDF storeRDF storeGraph DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
RDF store
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Score3.75
Rank#84  Overall
#3  RDF stores
Score0.69
Rank#230  Overall
#9  RDF stores
Score0.17
Rank#325  Overall
#29  Graph DBMS
Websitejena.apache.org/­documentation/­tdb/­index.htmlrdf4j.orgterminusdb.com
Technical documentationjena.apache.org/­documentation/­tdb/­index.htmlrdf4j.org/­documentationterminusdb.github.io/­terminusdb/­#
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infooriginally developed by HP LabsSince 2016 officially forked into an Eclipse project, former developer was Aduna Software.DataChemist Ltd.
Initial release200020042018
Current release4.9.0, July 202311.0.0, January 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache License, Version 2.0Open Source infoEclipse Distribution License (EDL), v1.0.Open Source infoGPL V3
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonono
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Implementation languageJavaJavaProlog, Rust
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMLinux
OS X
Unix
Windows
Linux
Data schemeyes infoRDF Schemasyes infoRDF Schemasyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes
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.no
Secondary indexesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoSQL-like query language (WOQL)
APIs and other access methodsFuseki infoREST-style SPARQL HTTP Interface
Jena RDF API
RIO infoRDF Input/Output
Java API
RIO infoRDF Input/Output
Sail API
SeRQL infoSesame RDF Query Language
Sesame REST HTTP Protocol
SPARQL
OWL
RESTful HTTP API
WOQL (Web Object Query Language)
Supported programming languagesJavaJava
PHP
Python
JavaScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyesyes
Triggersyes infovia event handleryesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenoneGraph Partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonenoneJournaling Streams
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACID infoTDB TransactionsACID infoIsolation support depends on the API usedACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infoin-memory storage is supported as wellyes infoin-memory journaling
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess control via Jena SecuritynoRole-based access control

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