Chapter 2 - Types of Digital Data
Chapter 2 - Types of Digital Data
Digital Data
Classification of digital data
Structured data
Benefits of structured data
Disadvantages of structured data
Semi-structured data
Unstructured data
Structured Vs. Unstructured data
Digital Data
Semi-structured data
Unstructured data
Classification of Digital Data
Sources of structured
data
Benefits of Structured Data
Sources of Semi-structured
data
Unstructured Data
Unstructured data does not conform to any data model.
Its structure is quite unpredictable
Human generated – social media comments, emails, word processing,
PowerPoint presentations etc.
Machine generated – satellite images, scientific data, surveillance images
and videos etc.