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Chapter 4.4: Unstructured Data

Fig. 4.4.5 Analysis on nonrepetitive data is like fitting a square peg in a round
hole.

Ease of Analysis

Fig. 4.4.5 shows that analysis in the repetitive unstructured environment is as easy as
putting a square peg in a square hole whereas analysis in the nonrepetitive unstructured
environment is as awkward and as difficult as placing a square peg in a round hole.

There are lots of reasons for this major difference between repetitive and nonrepetitive
unstructured data. Repetitive unstructured data are easy to analyze because of the
following:

The records are uniform in shape.
The records are usually small and compact.
The records are easy to parse because the contextual information in the record is easy to find.

Pretty much the opposite is true of the nonrepetitive unstructured records. Nonrepetitive
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