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The text of an email you write, the file you download or the video you play on your computer are all examples of data. The email, file and video that we recognize as meaningful are represented by computers… More »
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In principle, all kinds of data can be included in the archive, each demanding specific treatment. The repository could comprise internal documents of a company being, e.g., primarily text processing types, digitised pictures of an art museum, and many others are conceivable.
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Many issues related to data collection and comparability were described in chapter 2 of this volume. The implications of the slightly different methodologies used by the two institutions are described below in the section on trends.
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Some elements from the Google Data namespace are used by multiple kinds. For example, the <gd:who> element associates a person (described in the <gd:who>) with the entry that contains the <gd:who> element. This element is used in the Event kind to specify organizers, attendees, and so on.
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The typical dataset collected by a sociologist and certain kinds of anthropologists can be formatted as a matrix (see figure) in which the rows correspond to respondents and the columns correspond to variables. For example: ... If we then collected the same data on the same respondents at different points in time,
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Designed to thwart hardcore data slurpers (and soon HD video downloads that'll in time seriously compete with cable's offerings), consumption-based billing throws us back to the days AOL—sure, it's more data, but the principle is effectively the same, and it'll to regular consumers sooner than the cable industry...
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Maps and Data; About Us; News; Resources; Help; ... This web site is the portal to North Dakota geospatial data and information. The data, interactive maps, and other information available here are the results of a collaborative effort by North Dakota state agencies, local government, and private enterprise.
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