@inproceedings{wilkinson-k-2003-131-a, title = {Efficient {RDF} {S}torage and {R}etrieval in {J}ena2}, author = {Kevin Wilkinson and Craig Sayers and Harumi Kuno and Dave Reynolds}, booktitle = {Proceedings of {F}irst {I}nternational {W}orkshop on {S}emantic {W}eb and {D}atabases 2003}, month = {September}, pages = {131-150}, year = {2003}, biburl = {http://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/217bfe05b6c571e26689a976b25ce72f4/seebi}, abstract = {R{DF} and related {S}emantic {W}eb technologies have been the recent focus of much research activity. {T}his work has led to new specifications for {RDF} and {OWL}. {H}owever, efficient implementations of these standards are needed to realize the vision of a world-wide semantic {W}eb. {I}n particular, implementations that scale to large, enterprise-class data sets are required. {J}ena2 is the second generation of {J}ena, a leading semantic web programmers toolkit. {T}his paper describes the persistence subsystem of {J}ena2 which is intended to support large datasets. {T}his paper describes its features, the changes from {J}ena1, relevant details of the implementation and performance tuning issues. {Q}uery optimization for {RDF} is identified as a promising area for future research.}, keywords = {API RDF Store } }