On 1/11/13 11:45 AM, Ed Barkmeyer wrote:
> In my view, a table for which you don't know how to interpret a row is
> not 'data'; it is just an image. (01)
Or at best: semi-structured data due to fuzziness. (02)
> It might as well be a JPEG of a
> drawing. (03)
Yes, and this is where RDBMS vendors have pulled off a nice (somewhat
justifiable circa., 70's) illusion by aggressively laying claim to the
phrase "structured data" even though its all about an end-user oriented
illusion for the sake of easier comprehension. (04)
> One might say that it is 'data' in the sense that the
> interpretation is "In row 3, column B is 5", but then that is a sentence. (05)
Yep, and there's an interpreter (the RDBMS software) that pulls that
off :-)
>
> -Ed (06)
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