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RE: Is HTML structured or unstructured information?

  • To: "Bullard, Claude L \(Len\)" <len.bullard@i...>, <xml-dev@l...>
  • Subject: RE: Is HTML structured or unstructured information?
  • From: "Chiusano Joseph" <chiusano_joseph@b...>
  • Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2005 16:02:52 -0400
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  • Thread-topic: Is HTML structured or unstructured information?

definition unstructured information
In a word, it can be considered semi-structured. But some consider it
unstructured. Depends on your perspective.

Joe

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bullard, Claude L (Len) [mailto:len.bullard@i...] 
> Sent: Tuesday, August 09, 2005 9:53 AM
> To: xml-dev@l...
> Subject:  Is HTML structured or unstructured information?
> 
> Is HTML structured or unstructured information?
> 
> "Structured information may be characterized as information 
> whose intended meaning is unambiguous and explicitly 
> represented in the structure or format of the data. The 
> canonical example of structured information is a relational 
> database table. Unstructured information may be characterized 
> as information whose intended meaning is only loosely implied 
> by its form and therefore requires interpretation in order to 
> approximate and extract its intended meaning. Examples 
> include natural language documents, speech, audio, still 
> images, and video."
> 
> http://www.research.ibm.com/journal/sj/433/ferrucci.html
> 
> IAW that definition, it is unstructured.  OTOH is it really a 
> mixed variety and that definition, polar and incomplete?
> 
> len
> 
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