Things I didn't understand
XML
I understand the basic concept of XML, but what is it's advantage over HTML? Also, I wasn't aware that there are not predefined tags for XML. That just sound confusing. How does that work?
Page scraping
My question about this one is pretty simple - how does it work?
Relational databases
Same question as before - how does it work?
Normal forms
I just got confused in this section ... I'm not sure that I understand the point.
Things that were left out
The chapter says that databases were not good storytelling tools until they were on the Web. When did that happen? How can we continue to improve?
How do we, as journalists, cipher through all the data we collect to put it into an easy-to-read format for readers?
The chapter discusses how a misspelling often leads to a false negative in search results. It then lists ways to avoid that. Think about Google. When you misspell something, it shows results for what it thinks you may be trying to spell. Can't databases offer something similar to that?
Can other tools be as dynamic as maps? What would these tools look like, and what would their functions be?
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