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Structured data is a data format that is known and defined via a Schema. It's also known as Schema before as you don't need to read the data to discover its format.

In static typed computer language, all the variables have a type and are therefore structured.

Example

• Database
• Formatted message that supports schema definition such as:
  • json,
  • XML
  • CSV
  • email
  • HTML
  • …
• Typed data:
  • A number in a computer language is structured as we know how the bit structures represent a number