Databases: Difference between revisions
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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]] | ||
* Subject-predicate-object database are provided by [[w:Triplestore| | * 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. | ||
* [[w:Object database|Object database]]s were a supposed fad in the late 80's and early 90's as [[w:relational algebra]] based systems are quite old. | * [[w:Object database|Object database]]s were a supposed fad in the late 80's and early 90's as [[w:relational algebra]] based systems are quite old. | ||