Chapter 5. Content Management and Unstructured Data
Beyond the realm of information held in traditional databases lies the world of unstructured data. The information we deal with comes in these forms, among others:
Notes
E-mails
Faxes
Word processing
Spreadsheets
Images and other graphics
Invoices and other hard-copy output
Web pages
Audio
Video
We all have been involved in dealing with various portals and end-user interfaces to this critical volume of information. We may see an article regarding a competitor who has had some success, such as an increase in market share, a new product, and so on. Up goes the warning flag, and we try to ferret out more information from our competitive database—oops, we don't have one!
A search of several sources that publish ...
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