dotNetRDF VS Jena.NEt VS others with Dotnet ?

Question

what is the most common tool used for Reading & Writing RDF and Querying with Sparql with different end points . so far i've found

• Jena (jena.net) : it's developed for Java but some people managed to convert it to Assemblies
• DotnetRDF

i wonder if there are others and which one is best to use what the the pros and cons ?

Answer 1

Both of the above are good. Other ones include:

Sesame - Java covering RDF, SPARQL, OWL. Actively developed

Redland, Raptor Rasqal - C & Ruby, covers everything, actively developed

ARC2 - PHP, RDF, SPARQL, no longer activel developed

You've also got a lot of supporting frameworks for things like ORDFM that build off the above namely:

Jenabean

Empire

AliBaba

RDFReactor

RDFBean

Answer 2

the best answer i've found in Answers.semantiweb

Give a try to dotNetRDF.

I have been used it in one of my projects and I am satisfied with it.

It is SPARQL-capable, supports both local and remote queries and, the most important, it is actively maintained

i've started using dotnetRDF the creator also have left a good documentation on the website http://www.dotnetrdf.org/

and a good tutorials as well

Answer 3

If you're looking for .Net specifically, there is also dotSesame, which is an IKVM-port of the (Java-based) Sesame framework.