[XML-DEV Mailing List Archive Home] [By Thread] [By Date] [Recent Entries] [Reply To This Message]

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: "DuCharme, Bob (LNG-CHO)" <bob.ducharme@l...>
• Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2005 10:44:28 -0400

>Is HTML structured or unstructured information?

Yes!

But seriously... if "Structured information may be characterized as
information whose intended meaning is unambiguous" and "The canonical
example of structured information is a relational database table" then the
article is building from a shaky premise, because the intended meaning of
the data in a relational database table can easily be ambiguous. 

If it means that a relational table is structured because the individual
pieces of information in it are clearly delineated and their structural
relation is unambiguous, which makes sense to me, then I would consider HTML
structured, especially when compared to the article's examples of
unstructured information. 

Bob
weblog: http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/au/1191
homepage: http://www.snee.com/bob

• Follow-Ups:
  • RE: Is HTML structured or unstructured information?
    • From: ian.graham@u...

• Prev by Date: RE: Word table to XML
• Next by Date: The Reliable Source for Everything XML - Register now with discounts for XML 2005
• Previous by thread: Is HTML structured or unstructured information?
• Next by thread: RE: Is HTML structured or unstructured information?
• Index(es):
  • Date
  • Thread