Publicado por Ricardo Alonso Maturana
29/10/2015
Graph Databases vs. RDF Triple Stores
To summarize, both graph databases and triple stores are designed to store linked data. RDF is a specific kind of linked data that is queried using SPARQL, so it is fair to say that RDF triple stores are a kind of graph database. But, there are some subtle but important differences that are described below.
How They Are Similar
· Graph databases and rdf triple stores focus on the relationships between the data, often referred to as “linked data.” Data points are called nodes, and the relationship between one data point and another is called an edge.
· A web of nodes and edges can be put together into interesting visualizations&mdash...