Extracting Meaning From Data Tools that persist unstructured data simply store that content without fuss. These same tools do not provide users with the data’s meaning. It is not that the meaning ...

This article is part of the collection: Crossing the Finish Line: Stories on Student Success and What Colleges Are Doing to Get There. When students interact with digital learning environments, they ...

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 ...

Socrates is noted as saying, “The beginning of wisdom is the definition of terms.” This premise should dominate how mission-oriented organizations communicate with the rest of the world, but it’s ...

The fundamental data structure in a data processing system. Any unit of data defined for processing is a data element; for example, ACCOUNT NUMBER, NAME, ADDRESS and CITY. A data element is defined by ...

If you take data out of context, does it lose its meaning? This question constantly plagues Steven Gaudino, VP of Product Management at Reasoning Mind. The Houston-based nonprofit organization ...

Database programs let users create and edit single files interactively at the keyboard. However, as soon as they want data in one file to automatically update another, programming has to be done. That ...