Re: Semi-structured data

Costin Cozianu <c_cozianu_at_hotmail.com> wrote:

>Alfredo Novoa wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 22 Jun 2004 17:48:43 +0300, "x" <x-false_at_yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>It seems it is a distributed DBMS well suited for storing (semistructured
>>>:-) healthcare data.
>>
>>
>> It is not well suited for data management.
>>
>> Semistructured is an oxymoron. It is like half bit or half pixel.
>>
>>
>> Regards
>> Alfredo
>
>No, it is not.
>
>Semistructured data has an obvious meaning, usefulness and applications,
>which is accepted by the overwhelming majority of CS community.

     What is this obvious meaning?

     "half-pregnant" also has an obvious meaning. The difference is that we laugh at that bit of nonsense.

>It has some exaggerated hype attached to it, maybe, but it is a concept
>that is here to stay.

Sincerely,

Gene Wirchenko

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     You have biases.
     He/She has prejudices.