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Janssen 2014 (†453)
Janssen, Cory. "Semi-structured data." Techopedia ([n.d. 2014]).URL: http://www.techopedia.com/definition/28802/semi-structured-data
Existing Citations
- semi-structured data (s.v. "semi-structured data"): Semi-structured data is data that is neither raw data, nor typed data in a conventional database system. It is structured data, but it is not organized in a rational model, like a table or an object-based graph. A lot of data found on the Web can be described as semi-structured. Data integration especially makes use of semi-structured data. (†621)
- semi-structured data (s.v. "semi-structured data"): Some examples of semi-structured data would be BibTex files or a Standard Generalized Markup Language (SGML) document. Files that are semi-structured may contain rational data made up of records, but that data may not be organized in a recognizable structure. Some fields may be missing or contain information that can't be easily described in a database system. ¶In semi-structured data, the information that is contained within the data is normally associated with a database schema. This is why the information is sometimes called self-describing. (†622)