What is semistructured data? Discuss the difference between structured, semistructured, and structured data. Give examples to illustrate your answer.

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Semistructured data is data that has some structure, but the structure may not be rigid, regular,
or complete and generally the data does not conform to a fixed schema (sometimes the terms
schema-less or self-describing is used to describe such data). In semistructured data, the
information that is normally associated with a schema is contained within the data itself. In
some forms of semistructured data there is no separate schema, in others it exists but only
places loose constraints on the data.

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