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EnglishWhat Is the Featured System on dbdb.io?
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The Featured System is a rotating spotlight on the dbdb.io homepage that highlights one database entry at a time. It shows a short description of the system along with its data model, license type, and the year it was introduced, and it is updated weekly. The current example is Amazon Redshift, described as a relational data warehouse product from Amazon Web Services, labeled Relational, Proprietary, and "Since 2012."
What the Featured System shows
The panel is a compact summary rather than a full article. Based on the current Redshift entry, it includes:
- A short description — what the system is and who makes it. Redshift is described as a data warehouse product developed by Amazon, part of its cloud platform, and a relational database management system designed specifically for that purpose.
- Data model — Redshift is tagged Relational.
- License — Redshift is tagged Proprietary.
- Age/origin — Redshift is tagged Since 2012.
- A "Read entry" link — the path to the full dbdb.io entry for that system.
The panel also carries the label Updated Weekly, which tells you the spotlight changes on a weekly cadence rather than staying fixed.
How it differs from the leaderboards
The Featured System and the leaderboards sit in the same area of the homepage but serve different purposes:
| Element | What it shows | Update cadence |
|---|---|---|
| Featured System | One system, with description, model, license, and origin | Weekly |
| Most Recent | Newly modified entries, with model and time since edit | Daily |
| Most Viewed | Top entries over the last 30 days, with change percentages | Daily |
| Most Edited | Entries with the most edits in the last 30 days | Daily |
So the Featured System is editorial and descriptive — a single pick with context — while the leaderboards are ranked lists driven by site activity.
Why it is useful
Because dbdb.io catalogs hundreds of systems across 14 data models (Relational alone has 473 entries), browsing everything is impractical if you just want to see what exists. The Featured System gives you one concrete, described example per week, which is a low-effort way to encounter systems you might not search for directly. In the Redshift case, it surfaces a well-known cloud warehouse alongside its classification, so you immediately know where it sits in the taxonomy before deciding whether to open the full entry.
How to use it
- Open the dbdb.io homepage.
- Find the Featured System panel (it sits near the data-model browser and the leaderboards).
- Read the summary to judge whether the system is relevant to you.
- Select Read entry to open the full dbdb.io page for that system.
- Check back weekly, since the pick rotates on that schedule.
If the featured system is not what you need, use Browse by Data Model instead — for example, Relational (473), Key-Value (248), or Document / XML (217) — or scan the leaderboards for recently modified or most-viewed entries.