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The Difference Between Structured, Unstructured and Semi-Structured Data

The document discusses the differences between structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data, noting that structured data resides in fixed fields like databases while unstructured data does not have fixed fields and includes various file formats. Semi-structured data contains tags to separate elements but not fixed fields. Examples of applying each data type are provided, such as using structured data for financial analysis and unstructured data for applications like e-discovery, brand monitoring, and emotion detection.

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The Difference Between Structured, Unstructured and Semi-Structured Data

The document discusses the differences between structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data, noting that structured data resides in fixed fields like databases while unstructured data does not have fixed fields and includes various file formats. Semi-structured data contains tags to separate elements but not fixed fields. Examples of applying each data type are provided, such as using structured data for financial analysis and unstructured data for applications like e-discovery, brand monitoring, and emotion detection.

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The difference between structured, unstructured and

semi-structured data.
The type of data that we can exploit has progressively moved from structured to semi-structured to unstructured data
Unstructured

This creates tremendous


Real-Time
Social Media
efficiency benefits and greatly
reduces costs
Sensors
Average

Cost per Iteration


Video
A Cost Per
Output
Audio
B
Website C
Structured

Database
Value of Insight
Static

Structured data reside in a fixed format within a record or a file. This includes data in relational databases or spreadsheets.
Most popular platforms for structured data include:
• Oracle
• MS SQL Server
• MS Access, etc.
Example application: Traditional financial data investigation.
Big Data can be associated with structured data sources (but not exclusively).
Structured Data Semi-structured Data Unstructured Data

Data that reside in fixed fields. Data that contain tags and other Data that does not reside in fixed
markers to separate data elements. fields.
Relational databases spreadsheets. XML or HTML tagged text. Books, e-mails, untagged audio,
image and video data.

Business Perspective Technology Perspective


• How do we understand the semantic meaning of the data in • Bandwidth and computing power required to move/analyze
context of a problem? large sets of unstructured data around
• How do we develop an indexing scheme so that information • Shortfall of analytical talent
can easily be found and utilized? • Insufficiency of current IT systems to support
volume/structure

Semi-Structured Unstructured Data


What are some business application of unstructured data?
• Does not conform to a • Contains files of various
structural format like formats, sizes, structure, Value from Unstructured Data
relational or other etc.
standard formats. • E.g. document collections
• E.g. XML, Email etc. Corporate Consumer Call Centers
(text), social interactions,
Forensics Facing
images, video, audio, etc.

Company data from E-Discovery Brand Monitoring


various sources:

Files Audio
Risk Product Open
Management Development Complaints
Social
Videos Media
Compliance Pandora Emotion
Detection
Emails Pictures

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