GM-RKB: Data Object

AKA: Data Item Set, Data Set, Dataset.
Context:
- It can range from
  - being a Structured Data Object (with a Data Structure).
  - to being an Unstructured Data Object.
- It can be:
  - an Unordered Data Object.
  - an Ordered Data Object.
- It can range from:
  - being a Persistent Data Object, e.g. in a Database Table.
  - to being a Temporary Data Object, e.g. an Array Data Object.
- It can range from:
  - being a Sparse Data Object, e.g. a Sparse Matrix.
  - to being a Dense Data Object.
- It can range from
  - being a Human-Processable Dataset
  - to being a Human-Nonprocessable Dataset (such as a Binary File).
Example(s):
- a Data Item Set, such as a Data Record Set.
- a Data Item String.
- a Data Item Sequence.
Counter-Example(s):
- a Set Member, a non in a Computer Program.
- a Data Structure, a set of Data Constraints.
See: Data Stream, Corpus.

References

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_set
- A data set (or dataset) is a collection of data, usually presented in tabular form. Each column represents a particular variable. Each row corresponds to a given member of the data set in question. Its values for each of the variables, such as height and weight of an object or values of random numbers. Each value is known as a datum. The data set may comprise data for one or more members, corresponding to the number of rows.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_(computing)
- In computer science, data is anything in a form suitable for use with a computer. Data is often distinguished from programs. A program is a set of instructions that detail a task for the computer to perform. In this sense, data is thus everything that is not program code.
- In an alternate usage, binary files (which are not human-readable) are sometimes called "data" as distinguished from human-readable "text". The total amount of digital data in 2007 was estimated to be 281 billion gigabytes.