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Purpose
Apache Rya is a Big Data triple store for scalable storage, retrieval, and analysis of RDF data.Read 7 Oct 2026 · rya.apache.org
Support
The community page directs users to the dev mailing list for usage questions and help.Read 7 Oct 2026 · rya.apache.org
License
The project website states that Apache Rya is licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0.Read 7 Oct 2026 · rya.apache.org
Analytics integrations
Release 3.2.11 highlights Spark support, revived Giraph support, and GeoWave support.Read 7 Oct 2026 · rya.apache.org
Backends
Rya is built on Apache Accumulo and also implements a MongoDB backend.Read 7 Oct 2026 · rya.apache.org
Community
The project invites users to report bugs, submit patches, and contribute code, Javadocs, and documentation.Read 7 Oct 2026 · rya.apache.org
Distribution
Rya is released as a source artifact and through Maven.Read 7 Oct 2026 · rya.apache.org
Geospatial features
Release 3.2.11 added multi-variable GeoSPARQL functions and combined geospatial and temporal indexing support for Mongo-backed Rya.Read 7 Oct 2026 · rya.apache.org
Intended use
The project describes Rya as a cloud-based RDF triple store designed for scalable RDF data management.Read 7 Oct 2026 · rya.apache.org
Latest listed release
The downloads page lists version 4.0.1, dated 22 December 2020, as its newest source release.Read 7 Oct 2026 · rya.apache.org
Querying
Rya supports SPARQL queries for accessing RDF data.Read 7 Oct 2026 · rya.apache.org
Release verification
The downloads page instructs users to verify source distributions with a PGP signature or SHA-512 hash.Read 7 Oct 2026 · rya.apache.org
Scale
The project says its storage, indexing, and query processing techniques scale to billions of triples across multiple nodes.Read 7 Oct 2026 · rya.apache.org
Streaming integration
Release 3.2.11 added support for exporting to Kafka for the Rya trigger service.Read 7 Oct 2026 · rya.apache.org

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Apache Rya Free Open-source project; source distribution and Maven artifact Read 7 Oct 2026 · rya.apache.org

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