RDF4J 4.0.0 Released

We are very excited to announce the release of RDF4J 4.0!

RDF4J 4.0.0 is a major release of the RDF4J framework, focusing on improved performance and improved maintainability. We’ve done a massive clean up of the project structure, which will make it easier to deliver new features in this and future releases. In total, we addressed over 100 issues. Highlights include:

• Update to Java 11 as the minimally-required version of Java
• An (experimental) new embedded triplestore: the LMDB store
• Better support for Spring and Spring Boot (see documentation for details)
• Massive performance improvements in the SHACL engine and Memory Sail
• Speed and optimization improvements in the SPARQL query engine
• Various improvements in the SparqlBuilder

For more details, including instruction on how to upgrade, see the release notes.

Links

• Download RDF4J
• release notes

About

Eclipse RDF4J™ is a powerful Java framework for processing and handling RDF data. This includes creating, parsing, scalable storage, reasoning and querying with RDF and Linked Data. It offers an easy-to-use API that can be connected to all leading RDF database solutions. It allows you to connect with SPARQL endpoints and create applications that leverage the power of linked data and Semantic Web.

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