Features of HeFQUIN
- Support for all features of SPARQL 1.1 (where basic graph patterns, group graph patterns (AND), union graph patterns, optional patterns, and filters are supported natively within the HeFQUIN engine, and the other features of SPARQL are supported through integration of the HeFQUIN engine into Apache Jena)
- So far, support for SPARQL endpoints, TPF, and brTPF
- Work on openCypher Property Graphs ongoing
- Work on GraphQL APIs ongoing
- Initial support for vocabulary mappings
- Heuristics-based logical query optimizer
- Several different cost-based physical optimizers (greedy, dynamic programming, simulated annealing, randomized iterative improvement)
- Relevant physical operators, e.g., hash join, symmetric hash join (SHJ), request-based nested-loops join (NLJ), several variations of bind joins (brTPF-based, UNION-based, FILTER-based, VALUES-based)
- Two execution models (push-based and pull-based)
- Features for getting an understanding of the internals of the engine:
- Printing of logical and physical plans
- Programmatic access to execution statistics on the level of individual operators and data structures, as well as printing of these statistics from the CLI
- 380+ unit tests
Current Limitations
HeFQUIN does not yet have a source selection component. All subpatterns of the queries given to HeFQUIN need to be wrapped in SERVICE clauses. For more details, refer to the page about queries and query features that you can use.