Big Data Analytics

HBase and Other Big Data Databases • 125

MongoDB is considered to be a document-oriented database with

strengths oriented around websites as well. Another feature, besides the

lack of typical transactions, is the philosophy of keeping a copy of itself.

ese features make MongoDB useful for big data problems, since the

database can be distributed.

MongoDB uses a version of JSON called Binary-JSON (BSON) as a data

description tool. BSON is an extension of JSON, which uses a length eld to

enhance the eciency of scanning. e JSON approach provides less com-

plexity than XML and more information than a comma-delimited le. e

JSON world has its own argot, one example of which is the term “embedded

document,” which occurs when basic information is ...