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DBMS > FileMaker vs. RDF4J vs. SQL.JS vs. YDB

System Properties Comparison FileMaker vs. RDF4J vs. SQL.JS vs. YDB

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NameFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonRDF4J infoformerly known as Sesame  Xexclude from comparisonSQL.JS  Xexclude from comparisonYDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionFileMaker is a cross-platform RDBMS that includes a GUI frontend.RDF4J is a Java framework for processing RDF data, supporting both memory-based and a disk-based storage.Port of SQLite to JavaScriptA distributed fault-tolerant database service, with high availability, scalability, immediate consistency and ACID transactions and providing an Amazon DynamoDB compatible API
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRDF storeRelational DBMSDocument store
Relational DBMS
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Score45.20
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score0.72
Rank#222  Overall
#9  RDF stores
Score0.53
Rank#246  Overall
#115  Relational DBMS
Score0.39
Rank#269  Overall
#43  Document stores
#126  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.claris.com/­filemakerrdf4j.orgsql.js.orggithub.com/­ydb-platform/­ydb
ydb.tech
Technical documentationwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationrdf4j.org/­documentationsql.js.org/­documentation/­index.htmlydb.tech/­en/­docs
DeveloperClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleSince 2016 officially forked into an Eclipse project, former developer was Aduna Software.Alon Zakai infoenhancements implemented by othersYandex
Initial release1983200420122019
Current release19.4.1, November 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoEclipse Distribution License (EDL), v1.0.Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0; commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaJavaScript
Server operating systemsiOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Unix
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
Data schemeyesyes infoRDF SchemasyesFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free)
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes
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.yes infoA http query request can return the data in XML formatnono
Secondary indexesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infovia pluginsnoyes infoSQL-92 is not fully supportedSQL-like query language (YQL)
APIs and other access methodsFilemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
Java API
RIO infoRDF Input/Output
Sail API
SeRQL infoSesame RDF Query Language
Sesame REST HTTP Protocol
SPARQL
JavaScript APIRESTful HTTP API (DynamoDB compatible)
Supported programming languagesPHPJava
PHP
Python
JavaScriptGo
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyesnono
Triggersyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenonenoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14nonenoneActive-passive shard replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACID infoIsolation support depends on the API usedACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infoin-memory storage is supported as wellno infoexcept by serializing a db to a fileyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesno
User concepts infoAccess controlsimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory servicesnonoAccess rights defined for Yandex Cloud users

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