What makes Big Data, Big Data? Exploring the ontological characteristics of 26 datasets

Big Data and Society

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Kitchin, Rob ^a   McArdle, Gavin ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Big Data; characteristics; ontology; taxonomy; types

Indexed keywords

EID: 85070900904     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20539517     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2053951716631130     Document Type: Article

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