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DBMS > dBASE vs. GeoMesa vs. Lovefield vs. RDFox vs. SQL.JS

System Properties Comparison dBASE vs. GeoMesa vs. Lovefield vs. RDFox vs. SQL.JS

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DescriptiondBase was one of the first databases with a development environment on PC's. Its latest version dBase V is still sold as dBase classic, which needs a DOS Emulation. The up-to-date product is dBase plus.GeoMesa is a distributed spatio-temporal DBMS based on various systems as storage layer.Embeddable relational database for web apps written in pure JavaScriptHigh performance knowledge graph and semantic reasoning enginePort of SQLite to JavaScript
Primary database modelRelational DBMSSpatial DBMSRelational DBMSGraph DBMS
RDF store
Relational DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
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Score9.70
Rank#44  Overall
#28  Relational DBMS
Score0.86
Rank#205  Overall
#4  Spatial DBMS
Score0.33
Rank#286  Overall
#131  Relational DBMS
Score0.29
Rank#300  Overall
#24  Graph DBMS
#13  RDF stores
Score0.63
Rank#241  Overall
#112  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.dbase.comwww.geomesa.orggoogle.github.io/­lovefieldwww.oxfordsemantic.techsql.js.org
Technical documentationwww.dbase.com/­support/­knowledgebasewww.geomesa.org/­documentation/­stable/­user/­index.htmlgithub.com/­google/­lovefield/­blob/­master/­docs/­spec_index.mddocs.oxfordsemantic.techsql.js.org/­documentation/­index.html
DeveloperAsthon TateCCRi and othersGoogleOxford Semantic TechnologiesAlon Zakai infoenhancements implemented by others
Initial release19792014201420172012
Current releasedBASE 2019, 20195.0.0, May 20242.1.12, February 20176.0, Septermber 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0commercialOpen Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageScalaJavaScriptC++JavaScript
Server operating systemsDOS infodBase Classic
Windows infodBase Pro
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js) infotested with Chrome, Firefox, IE, SafariLinux
macOS
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)
Data schemeyesyesyesyes infoRDF schemasyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesyes
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.nonono
Secondary indexesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoSQL-like query language infovia JavaScript builder patternnoyes infoSQL-92 is not fully supported
APIs and other access methodsnone infoThe IDE can access other DBMS or ODBC-sources.RESTful HTTP API
SPARQL 1.1
JavaScript API
Supported programming languagesdBase proprietary IDEJavaScriptC
Java
JavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresno infoThe IDE can access stored procedures in other database systems.nonono
TriggersnonoUsing read-only observersno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonedepending on storage layernonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonedepending on storage layernonereplication via a shared file systemnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemdepending on storage layerImmediate Consistency in stand-alone mode, Eventual Consistency in replicated setupsnone
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datano infonot for dBase internal data, but IDE does support transactions when accessing external DBMSnoACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes, by using IndexedDB or the cloud service Firebase Realtime Databaseyesno infoexcept by serializing a db to a file
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.depending on storage layeryes infousing MemoryDByesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users and rolesyes infodepending on the DBMS used for storagenoRoles, resources, and access typesno

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