Data Transformation Task

A Data Transformation Task is a data processing task that manipulates a dataset into another dataset.

• AKA: Data Munging.
• Context:
  • It can be expressed with a Data Manipulation Language (possibly as a data manipulation operation).
  • It can be solved by a Data Transformation System (that implements a Data Transformation algorithm).
  • It can range from being a Manual Data Transformation Task to being an Automatic Data Transformation Task.
  • It can be a part of an ETL Task.
  • …
• Example(s):
  • an Information Extraction Task.
  • …
• Counter-Example(s):
  • a Data Structure Definition Task.
  • a Data Export Task.
  • a Data Query Task.
  • a Data Loading Task.
• See: Data Cleaning, Data Integration, Data Cleaning Task.

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References

2001

• (Cross, 2001) ⇒ David Cross. (2001). “Data Munging with Perl.” Manning Publications. ISBN:1930110006
  • The Perl language is well suited for use with "data munging" tasks: those that involve transforming and massaging data.

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