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+## Stardog Notes
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+* release branch based upon RocksDB 6.x is "stardog/develop"
+* release branch based upon RocksDB 5.x is "stardog-5.x-releases"
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 ## RocksDB: A Persistent Key-Value Store for Flash and RAM Storage
 
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