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DBMS > PostGIS vs. RDF4J vs. Rockset

System Properties Comparison PostGIS vs. RDF4J vs. Rockset

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NamePostGIS  Xexclude from comparisonRDF4J infoformerly known as Sesame  Xexclude from comparisonRockset  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionSpatial extension of PostgreSQLRDF4J is a Java framework for processing RDF data, supporting both memory-based and a disk-based storage.A scalable, reliable search and analytics service in the cloud, built on RocksDB
Primary database modelSpatial DBMSRDF storeDocument store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Search engine
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Score22.69
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Score0.69
Rank#230  Overall
#9  RDF stores
Score0.79
Rank#211  Overall
#35  Document stores
Websitepostgis.netrdf4j.orgrockset.com
Technical documentationpostgis.net/­documentationrdf4j.org/­documentationdocs.rockset.com
DeveloperSince 2016 officially forked into an Eclipse project, former developer was Aduna Software.Rockset
Initial release200520042019
Current release3.4.2, February 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoGPL v2.0Open Source infoEclipse Distribution License (EDL), v1.0.commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyes
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Implementation languageCJavaC++
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Unix
Windows
hosted
Data schemeyesyes infoRDF Schemasschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesdynamic typing
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.yesno infoingestion from XML files supported
Secondary indexesyesyesall fields are automatically indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesnoRead-only SQL queries, including JOINs
APIs and other access methodsJava API
RIO infoRDF Input/Output
Sail API
SeRQL infoSesame RDF Query Language
Sesame REST HTTP Protocol
SPARQL
HTTP REST
Supported programming languagesJava
PHP
Python
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsyesno
Triggersyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyes infobased on PostgreSQLnoneAutomatic sharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infobased on PostgreSQLnoneyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACID infoIsolation support depends on the API usedno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infoin-memory storage is supported as wellyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.no
User concepts infoAccess controlyes infobased on PostgreSQLnoAccess rights for users and organizations can be defined via Rockset console

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