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Relational Database Management Systems (RDBMS) Type Comparison
| | RDF Triple Store | RDF Quad Store | Graph Database | Single Model RDBMS (Tables) | Multi-Model RDBMS (Tables & RDF Graphs) |
|-------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Data Modeled as Entity Relationship Types (Relations) | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Entity Identifiers | IRIs | IRIs | Proprietary | Proprietary | IRIs and Proprietary |
| Entity Relationship Type Representation | RDF Sentences/Statements (depictable as Directed Graphs) | RDF Sentences/Statements (depictable as Directed Graphs) | Proprietary (depictable as Directed Graphs) | Tables | Tables or RDF Sentences/Statements (depictable as Directed Graphs) |
| Entity Relationship Type Structure | subject->predicate->object 3-Tuples (or Triples) | subject->predicate->object 3-Tuples (or Triples) associated with a Named Graph (Data Source Name or Internal Document/Page) | Proprietary | N-Tuples + a Relation Header | N-Tuples + a Relation Header and/or subject->predicate->object 3-Tuples (or Triples) associated with a Named Graph (Data Source Name or Internal Document/Page) |
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