Complex data type defines a composition of simple and/or
complex data types.
A revamped tag system for improved handling of
complex data types;
According to Gartner, the result will be access to more data sources, including more
complex data types; a broader and more sophisticated range of analytics capabilities; and the empowering of a large audience of analysts throughout the organization, with a simplified form of data science.
However this advantage becomes a big issue in the life science database applications because of the lack of support for
complex data types.
That's the Vendor Neutral Archive approach, which can cope with both
complex data types such as radiology images but also other sorts of clinical data--including scanned documents, when wedded to a proper Content Management platform.
The purpose-built Aster architecture was specifically developed to handle
complex data types that do not fit neatly into rows and columns.
These are powerful and, by necessity,
complex data types to learn for aspiring programmers, but good examples in the chapter are of great help.
XML schemas enable the developer to require that documents contain specific data types for tags, as well as create user-defined
complex data types, data ranges, and masks.
The SoundView survey includes such other prominent indicators for the RDBMS market as which database vendor is of most strategic importance to companies, spending intentions by application type, purchase criteria (scalability, experience, data warehousing support and price), and spending intentions for hardware platforms and emerging DBMS architectures for
complex data types.
"We took a long look at what parts were relevant." Missed out is support for
complex data types, typically not used for embedded applications, and some of the complexities of the registry.