Re: Semi-structured data

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"Alfredo Novoa" <alfredo_at_ncs.es> wrote in message news:e4330f45.0406240535.1930ede1_at_posting.google.com...
> Costin Cozianu <c_cozianu_at_hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:<2juir5F15r9gpU1_at_uni-berlin.de>...
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> > > Semistructured is an oxymoron. It is like half bit or half pixel.

No. It is like a half pie, half picture, half car, half bridge, ... :-) Oxymorons are A Bad Thing ? :-)

> > No, it is not.
> >
> > Semistructured data has an obvious meaning,

> Semistructured is an obvious contradiction. Data is structured or it
> is noise. Structure is all or nothing.

A semistructured data is half organized data. :-)

> For instance a bitmap or a string of characters are perfectly
> structured.

I'm not so sure about this.
The computer memory is perfectly structured :-)

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

> Probably, but it does not mean that it is not contradictory.

One question: A (mathematical) set is structured or not ?

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