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DA0-002 · Question #86

Which of the following best describes the semi-structured data that is gathered when web scraping?

The correct answer is A. JSON. Web scraping often extracts data that fits into semi-structured formats, balancing flexibility with some organizational structure.

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Question

Which of the following best describes the semi-structured data that is gathered when web scraping?

Options

  • AJSON
  • BCSV
  • CCSS
  • DHTML

How the community answered

(31 responses)
  • A
    90% (28)
  • B
    6% (2)
  • C
    3% (1)

Why each option

Web scraping often extracts data that fits into semi-structured formats, balancing flexibility with some organizational structure.

AJSONCorrect

JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) is a lightweight data-interchange format often used for representing semi-structured data obtained through web scraping due to its human-readable and easily parseable structure.

BCSV

CSV (Comma Separated Values) is a fully structured data format, consisting of rows and columns, which is less flexible than what is typically described as semi-structured data from web scraping.

CCSS

CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) is a style sheet language used for describing the presentation of a document written in HTML, not a data format for scraped content.

DHTML

HTML (Hypertext Markup Language) is the standard markup language for documents designed to be displayed in a web browser, and while it's the source for scraping, the extracted data is typically formatted into something like JSON, not HTML itself.

Concept tested: Data formats-semi-structured data

Source: https://www.json.org/json-en.html

Topics

#Web scraping#Semi-structured data#JSON#Data formats

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