© 2020 by the authors; licensee RonPub, Lubeck,¨ Germany. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Open Access Open Journal of Semantic Web (OJSW) Volume 7, Issue 1, 2020 http://www.ronpub.com/ojsw ISSN 2199-336X NextGen Multi-Model Databases in Semantic Big Data Architectures Irena Holubova´A, Stefanie ScherzingerB ADepartment of Software Engineering, Charles University, Malostranske nam. 25, 118 00 Praha 1, Czech Republic,
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[email protected] ABSTRACT When semantic big data is managed in commercial settings, with time, the need may arise to integrate and interlink records from various data sources. In this vision paper, we discuss the potential of a new generation of multi-model database systems as data backends in such settings. Discussing a specific example scenario, we show how this family of database systems allows for agile and flexible schema management. We also identify open research challenges in generating sound triple-views from data stored in interlinked models, as a basis for SPARQL querying. We then conclude with a general overview of multi-model data management systems, to provide a wider scope of the problem domain. TYPE OF PAPER AND KEYWORDS Visionary Paper: semantic data management, schema evolution, data architecture, data integration, schema management, multi-model DBMS. 1 INTRODUCTION powerful triple stores for managing RDF data [43, 1, 29, 33]. However, native triple stores may not be suitable for Ideally, an enterprise information system (EIS) provides big data scenarios, due to the up front costs of converting a 360o view on corporate data.