Webopedia Term of the Day: What is Structured Data?

“Data can be designated as structured or unstructured data for
classification within an organization. The term structured data
refers to data that is identifiable because it is organized in a
structure. The most common form of structured data — or structured
data records (SDR) — is a database where specific information is
stored based on a methodology of columns and rows.

“Structured data is also searchable by data type within content.
Structured data is understood by computers and is also efficiently
organized for human readers. In contrast, unstructured data has no
identifiable structure.

“Contrast with unstructured data.”

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