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DBMS > DataFS vs. FileMaker vs. LMDB vs. RDF4J

System Properties Comparison DataFS vs. FileMaker vs. LMDB vs. RDF4J

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NameDataFS  Xexclude from comparisonFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonLMDB  Xexclude from comparisonRDF4J infoformerly known as Sesame  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAll data is stored inside objects which are linked by so-called link attributes. Objects consist of classes which can be extended and de-extended at runtime. Graphs can be defined with a struct.FileMaker is a cross-platform RDBMS that includes a GUI frontend.A high performant, light-weight, embedded key-value database libraryRDF4J is a Java framework for processing RDF data, supporting both memory-based and a disk-based storage.
Primary database modelObject oriented DBMSRelational DBMSKey-value storeRDF store
Secondary database modelsGraph DBMS
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Score0.09
Rank#360  Overall
#17  Object oriented DBMS
Score47.91
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score2.09
Rank#121  Overall
#20  Key-value stores
Score0.74
Rank#222  Overall
#9  RDF stores
Websitenewdatabase.comwww.claris.com/­filemakerwww.symas.com/­symas-embedded-database-lmdbrdf4j.org
Technical documentationdev.mobiland.com/­Overview.xspwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationwww.lmdb.tech/­docrdf4j.org/­documentation
DeveloperMobiland AGClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleSymasSince 2016 officially forked into an Eclipse project, former developer was Aduna Software.
Initial release2018198320112004
Current release1.1.263, October 202219.4.1, November 20210.9.32, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialOpen SourceOpen Source infoEclipse Distribution License (EDL), v1.0.
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageCJava
Server operating systemsWindowsiOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
Unix
Windows
Linux
OS X
Unix
Windows
Data schemeClasses, Structs, and Lists are written in proprietary DataTypeDefinitionLanguage (.dtdl) and Objects consisting of those are written in proprietary DataAccessDefinitionLanguage (.dadl)yesschema-freeyes infoRDF Schemas
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.noyes infoA http query request can return the data in XML formatno
Secondary indexesnoyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyes infovia pluginsnono
APIs and other access methods.NET Client API
Proprietary client DLL
WinRT client
Filemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
Java API
RIO infoRDF Input/Output
Sail API
SeRQL infoSesame RDF Query Language
Sesame REST HTTP Protocol
SPARQL
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C#
C++
VB.Net
PHP.Net
C
C++
Clojure
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
Lua
MatLab
Nim
Objective C
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Swift
Tcl
Java
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnoyes
Triggersno, except callback-events from server when changes happenedyesnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesProprietary Sharding systemnonenonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14nonenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACIDACID infoIsolation support depends on the API used
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes infoin-memory storage is supported as well
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyes
User concepts infoAccess controlWindows-Profilesimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory servicesnono

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