MariaDB
E36148
MariaDB is an open-source relational database management system, forked from MySQL, known for its compatibility, performance, and community-driven development.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| MariaDB canonical | 21 |
| MariaDB Server | 2 |
| MariaDB Corporation | 1 |
| MariaDB SQL dialect | 1 |
| MariaDB Server project | 1 |
| MariaDB server distribution | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T277254 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: MariaDB Context triple: [SQL, usedBySystem, MariaDB]
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A.
MySQL
MySQL is a widely used open-source relational database management system known for its reliability, performance, and role in powering many web applications and services.
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B.
PostgreSQL
PostgreSQL is a powerful open-source relational database management system known for its robustness, extensibility, and strong standards compliance.
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C.
IBM DB2
IBM DB2 is a family of enterprise-grade relational database management systems developed by IBM, widely used for high-performance, scalable data storage and transaction processing across mainframe, distributed, and cloud environments.
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D.
SQL Server
SQL Server is Microsoft's enterprise-grade relational database management system used for storing, managing, and analyzing data in a wide range of applications.
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E.
Amazon Redshift
Amazon Redshift is a fully managed, cloud-based data warehousing service from Amazon Web Services designed for fast querying and analysis of large datasets using SQL.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: MariaDB Target entity description: MariaDB is an open-source relational database management system, forked from MySQL, known for its compatibility, performance, and community-driven development.
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A.
MySQL
MySQL is a widely used open-source relational database management system known for its reliability, performance, and role in powering many web applications and services.
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B.
PostgreSQL
PostgreSQL is a powerful open-source relational database management system known for its robustness, extensibility, and strong standards compliance.
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C.
IBM DB2
IBM DB2 is a family of enterprise-grade relational database management systems developed by IBM, widely used for high-performance, scalable data storage and transaction processing across mainframe, distributed, and cloud environments.
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D.
SQL Server
SQL Server is Microsoft's enterprise-grade relational database management system used for storing, managing, and analyzing data in a wide range of applications.
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E.
Amazon Redshift
Amazon Redshift is a fully managed, cloud-based data warehousing service from Amazon Web Services designed for fast querying and analysis of large datasets using SQL.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
SQL database
ⓘ
open-source software ⓘ relational database management system ⓘ |
| commercialWebsite | https://mariadb.com/ ⓘ |
| compatibleWith |
MySQL SQL dialect (largely)
ⓘ
MySQL client protocol ⓘ MySQL connectors ⓘ
linked to:
MySQL
|
| creator | Michael Widenius ⓘ |
| developer |
MariaDB Corporation
ⓘ
linked to:
MariaDB
MariaDB Foundation ⓘ |
| forkedFrom | MySQL ⓘ |
| governedBy | MariaDB Foundation ⓘ |
| initialReleaseYear | 2009 ⓘ |
| isDropInReplacementFor | MySQL ⓘ |
| license | GNU General Public License ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Maria Widenius
ⓘ
linked to:
Michael Widenius
|
| operatingSystem |
Linux
ⓘ
Windows ⓘ macOS ⓘ |
| originCountry | Finland ⓘ |
| programmingLanguage |
C
ⓘ
C++ ⓘ |
| supportsFeature |
ACID transactions
ⓘ
GIS extensions ⓘ Galera Cluster ⓘ JSON functions ⓘ data-at-rest compression ⓘ encryption at rest ⓘ full-text search ⓘ master-master replication ⓘ master-slave replication ⓘ partitioning ⓘ replication ⓘ role-based access control ⓘ stored procedures ⓘ triggers ⓘ views ⓘ virtual columns ⓘ |
| supportsQueryLanguage | SQL ⓘ |
| supportsStorageEngine |
Aria
ⓘ
ColumnStore ⓘ InnoDB ⓘ
linked to:
InnoDB storage engine
MyISAM ⓘ
linked to:
MyISAM storage engine
RocksDB ⓘ Spider ⓘ TokuDB ⓘ XtraDB ⓘ
linked to:
InnoDB storage engine
|
| usedFor |
OLTP workloads
ⓘ
data warehousing ⓘ web applications ⓘ |
| website | https://mariadb.org/ ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: MariaDB Description of subject: MariaDB is an open-source relational database management system, forked from MySQL, known for its compatibility, performance, and community-driven development.
Referenced by (27)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: MariaDB
subject linked to:
Community Edition
linked to: MariaDB
linked to: MariaDB
linked to: MariaDB