So using web.archive.org [1] I can track changes to the project name from "Jena" to "Jena Apache - TDB" in db rankings between the end of October 2018 and November 2018. Which is also, I presume, the string that is used to automate the methodology mentioned above. This also could explain the drop (85->118) in rankings which occurred between November 2018 and April 2019.
[1] http://web.archive.org/web/*/https://db-engines.com/en/ranking On Sun, Apr 7, 2019 at 4:00 PM Marco Neumann <marco.neum...@gmail.com> wrote: > > :D > certainly prejudice here, or it's a New York thing only. > > just to mention their methodology[1] to do the ranking here: > > * Number of mentions of the system on websites, measured as number of > results in search engines queries. At the moment, we use Google, Bing > and Yandex for this measurement. In order to count only relevant > results, we are searching for <system name> together with the term > database, e.g. "Oracle" and "database". > > * General interest in the system. For this measurement, we use the > frequency of searches in Google Trends. > > * Frequency of technical discussions about the system. We use the > number of related questions and the number of interested users on the > well-known IT-related Q&A sites Stack Overflow and DBA Stack Exchange. > > * Number of job offers, in which the system is mentioned. We use the > number of offers on the leading job search engines Indeed and Simply > Hired. > > * Number of profiles in professional networks, in which the system is > mentioned.We use the internationally most popular professional > networks LinkedIn and Upwork. > > * Relevance in social networks. We count the number of Twitter tweets, > in which the system is mentioned. > > [1] https://db-engines.com/en/ranking_definition > > On Sun, Apr 7, 2019 at 3:47 PM ajs6f <aj...@apache.org> wrote: > > > > I don't really see in what sense Jena competes with Oracle or MySQL (top > > two listings) or for that matter, Google Cloud Spanner (?), ClickHouse (?), > > or Apache Drill. > > > > I'll admit, I'm a little annoyed by being outranked by something called > > "CockroachDB", but that's probably just a bit of prejudice on my part. > > > > ajs6f > > > > > On Apr 7, 2019, at 10:43 AM, Marco Neumann <marco.neum...@gmail.com> > > > wrote: > > > > > > maybe somewhat related. I have noticed that the Jena project was the > > > biggest loser in the db-engines ranking for the year ending in April > > > 2019. > > > > > > https://db-engines.com/en/ranking > > > > > > https://db-engines.com/en/system/Apache+Jena+-+TDB > > > > > > Jena is now down to place 118 from 85 in April 2018. I have very > > > briefly discussed this with Andy Seaborne but would like to hear from > > > dev list members on this and the db ranking in general. > > > > > > Is there anything we can learn from this that would help us to raise > > > visibility and recognition of the project? Should the ranking be > > > ignored? > > > > > > Marco > > > > > > On Sun, Apr 7, 2019 at 1:36 PM Andy Seaborne <a...@apache.org> wrote: > > >> > > >> FYI: This month we got weevils and hedgehogs. > > >> > > >> The report generator puts in default text: > > >> > > >> ## Issues: > > >> - TODO - list any issues that require board attention, > > >> or say "there are no issues requiring board attention at this time" > > >> - if not, the weevils will get you. > > >> > > >> > > >> ## Health report: > > >> - TODO - Please use this paragraph to elaborate on why > > >> the current project activity (mails, commits, bugs etc) is at its > > >> current level - Maybe hedgehogs took over and are now controlling > > >> the project? > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> ----------------------------- > > >> > > >> More mundanely: > > >> > > >> ----------------------------- > > >> > > >> ## Description: > > >> > > >> Jena is a framework for developing Semantic Web and Linked Data > > >> applications in Java. It provides implementation of W3C standards for > > >> RDF and SPARQL. > > >> > > >> ## Issues: > > >> > > >> There are no issues requiring board attention at this time. > > >> > > >> ## Activity: > > >> > > >> The project has continued to evolve the codebase. It is still in the > > >> process of incorporating the significant contribution of a GeoSPARQL, > > >> mainly restricted by PMC members bandwidth. > > >> > > >> Elsewhere, a new contribution of metrics support for the Jena Fuseki, > > >> triplestore protocol engine, has been received and the project is > > >> working with the contributor to incorporate that. > > >> > > >> Discussion of release 3.11.0 has started. > > >> > > >> ## Health report: > > >> > > >> The project is at normal levels of activity, with JIRA and git pull > > >> requests getting being responded to, and the users list remains active. > > >> > > >> ## PMC changes: > > >> > > >> - Currently 14 PMC members. > > >> - Aaron Coburn was added to the PMC on Tue Jan 22 2019 > > >> > > >> ## Committer base changes: > > >> > > >> - Currently 17 committers. > > >> - No new committers added in the last 3 months > > >> - Last committer addition was Aaron Coburn at Mon Jun 18 2018 > > >> > > >> ## Releases: > > >> > > >> - Last release was 3.10.0 on Sun Dec 30 2018 > > >> > > >> ## JIRA activity: > > >> > > >> - 45 JIRA tickets created in the last 3 months > > >> - 31 JIRA tickets closed/resolved in the last 3 months > > >> > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > > > --- > > > Marco Neumann > > > KONA > > > > > -- > > > --- > Marco Neumann > KONA -- --- Marco Neumann KONA