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'''Known types of databases''' | '''Known types of databases''' | ||
* [[w:Relational database|Relational database]] provided by a [[w:RDBMS|RDBMS]] | * [[w:Relational database|Relational database]] provided by a [[w:RDBMS|RDBMS]] and queried with [[w:SQL|SQL]]. Track-proven technology. | ||
* Subject-predicate-object database are provided by [[w:graph databases|graph databases]], specialized native [[w:Triplestore|triplestore]]s and piggy-packing solutions that use an RDBMS to store and query the triplets and the networks they compose. | * Subject-predicate-object database are provided by [[w:graph databases|graph databases]], specialized native [[w:Triplestore|triplestore]]s and piggy-packing solutions that use an RDBMS to store and query the triplets and the networks they compose. | ||
* [[w:Graph databases|Graph databases]] would intuitively appear more advanced than using RDF-triplet composed semantic networks. | * [[w:Graph databases|Graph databases]] would intuitively appear more advanced than using RDF-triplet composed semantic networks but are not much different on the outside. Both jump through the same hoops but with different efficiency and grace. | ||
* [[w:Object database|Object database]]s | * [[w:Object database|Object database]]s are old but on the rise with [[w:NoSQL|NoSQL]]-based thinking and the modern needs, like leanness, real-time need and scaleability for which the other solutions might be too limiting. | ||
== Relational database == | == Relational database == | ||