Dear Kingsley,
The definition you offered for “big data”:
“Data that's disparately located, varied in structure,
voluminous, and rapidly changing.”
doesn’t fit what most uses of that word seem to
imply. Businesses maintain big data history files which they mine for discovering
knowledge. But normally, that big data is stored in a data center on the local
area network (not on the internet per se) to protect it from outside eyes. Your
definition emphasizes the internet, domains on it having lots of data which can
be linked. Most big data is not really linked – it comes from SQL and
NoSQL databases that were captured in the business.
For example, many store chains keep records of how customers
visit retail aisles, how much time they spend at each section, and what they
finally buy before leaving. The stores may forward the data to HQ over the
internet, but it is protected by encryption, VPNs, etc to keep it from prying
eyes. After it reaches HQ, it is stored and mined.
So my suggestion is to differentiate “Linked Big
Data” from the usual “Big Data”. That way, you can
distinguish which kind is being described.
-Rich
Sincerely,
Rich Cooper
EnglishLogicKernel.com
Rich AT EnglishLogicKernel DOT com
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[mailto:ontolog-forum-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Kingsley Idehen
Sent: Saturday, January 04, 2014 9:33 AM
To: [ontolog-forum]
Subject: [ontolog-forum] Simple
Glossary of Data related Terms
All,
Happy New Year!
I would like to start 2014 with a simple glossary of
terms with regards
to the realm of data [1] :-)
Links:
[1] http://bit.ly/19Hx2gB -- Glossary
[2] http://bit.ly/1csQvzk -- Big Data .
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Kingsley Idehen
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