This is a guest post by Ben Werdmuller who is the CTO of Curverider and one of the leads behind the Elgg open source social application engine. The Open Data Definition is a new format for the import ...

relationships are established between the groups of data. Typically, a database is organized according to the types of data and how you want to use the data. You must understand and be familiar with ...

Volume, velocity and variety characteristics of information assets are not three parts of Gartner’s definition of big data, it is part one, and oftentimes, misunderstood. Most people only retain about ...

(1) In a source language program, the definitions of data structures (variables, arrays, fields, records, etc.). (2) A description of the record layout in a file system or DBMS. THIS DEFINITION IS FOR ...

This blog is about an industry area that has come to be called “Big Data.” The excitement around Big Data is huge; the mere fact that the term is capitalized implies a lot of respect. A number of ...

In writing a definition for an entity, an attribute, or any other element within a database design, the desired end is a descriptive text that is clear, factual and concise. Semantics are an ambiguous ...