Re: Semi-structured data

On Thu, 24 Jun 2004 13:06:00 -0700, Costin Cozianu <c_cozianu_at_hotmail.com> wrote:

>Well, you can use some reading, can't you ?

Readings about this are contradictorial.

>Semi-structured means whose structure is only partially exposed to the
>processing application (where application can be database systems,
>client app, middleware, etc), i.e. it has hidden structure as far as the
>application is concerned.

Great :)

Thus every database that holds character strings, images, ZIP codes, ISBN numbers, barcodes, etc, etc is semi-structured.

>It says something very precise about the legitimacy of wannabe trolls on
>c.d.t who want to wave their magic hands and pretend there's some kind
>of truth or useful knowledge in their baseless claims.

The IT world and the CS world are not as serious as it is supposed.

There is plenty of junk in CS research publications, master thesis and final year works.

Regards
  Alfredo Received on Mon Jun 28 2004 - 12:07:44 CEST