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Apache Parquet

Summary

Apache Parquet is a free software[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of free_software entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (294 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Apache Parquet's instance of is recorded as free software[3].
  • Apache Parquet's instance of is recorded as Apache Software Foundation project[4].
  • Apache Parquet's instance of is recorded as file format[5].
  • Apache Parquet's developer is recorded as Apache Software Foundation[6].
  • Apache Parquet's copyright license is recorded as Apache Software License 2.0[7].
  • Apache Parquet's programmed in is recorded as Java[8].
  • Apache Parquet's software version identifier is recorded as 1.14.1[9].
  • Apache Parquet's software version identifier is recorded as 1.14.2[10].
  • Apache Parquet's software version identifier is recorded as 1.14.3[11].
  • Apache Parquet's software version identifier is recorded as 1.14.4[12].
  • Apache Parquet's software version identifier is recorded as 1.15.0[13].
  • Apache Parquet's software version identifier is recorded as 1.15.1[14].
  • Apache Parquet's software version identifier is recorded as 1.15.2[15].
  • Apache Parquet's software version identifier is recorded as 1.16.0[16].
  • Apache Parquet is used for column-oriented DBMS[17].
  • Apache Parquet is used for big data[18].
  • May 13, 2015 marks the founding of Apache Parquet[19].
  • Apache Parquet was released on March 13, 2013[20].
  • Apache Parquet's official website is recorded as https://parquet.apache.org/[21].
  • Apache Parquet's described at URL is recorded as https://parquet.apache.org/docs/file-format/[22].
  • Apache Parquet's described at URL is recorded as https://www.jumpingrivers.com/blog/parquet-file-format-big-data-r/[23].
  • Apache Parquet's described at URL is recorded as https://nightlies.apache.org/flink/flink-docs-release-1.13/docs/connectors/table/formats/parquet/[24].
  • Apache Parquet's described at URL is recorded as https://airbyte.com/data-engineering-resources/parquet-data-format[25].
  • Apache Parquet's media type is recorded as application/vnd.apache.parquet[26].
  • Apache Parquet's file extension is recorded as parquet[27].

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Founding

May 13, 2015 marks the founding of Apache Parquet[19].

Why It Matters

Apache Parquet ranks in the top 2% of free_software entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (294 views/month).[2] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

Related Entities

free software Java

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . parquet.apache.org. parquet.apache.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . parquet.apache.org. Retrieved . parquet.apache.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . projects.apache.org. Retrieved . projects.apache.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . projects.apache.org. Retrieved . projects.apache.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . projects.apache.org. Retrieved . projects.apache.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . projects.apache.org. Retrieved . projects.apache.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . parquet.apache.org. Retrieved . parquet.apache.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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