Hi all. As the term rattles to a wobbly stop at the station and year 12 passengers reach for their suitcases, I'm working on material for the new study design. U3O2 Key knowledge 05 has me wondering though: "formatting and structural characteristics of efficient and effective input and output."<br>
<br>I'm pondering what sorts of things would be relevant - here's what I've got so far. Any other ideas?<br><br><b>Structure of input</b> - <br><ul><li>CSV (unformatted textual data in field order)</li><li>XML</li>
<li>Binary fixed-length records</li><li>Proprietary formats (e.g. Excel's XLS, Filemaker's FP7, GIF, saved game files)</li><li>Open formats (PDF, JPG, MP3, MPEG4, AVI, ZIP)</li><li>source code<br></li></ul><b>Format of input</b> - <br>
<ul><li>RTF (marked-up text)</li><li>HTML (" ")</li><li>Plain, unformatted text</li><li>Proprietary formats (e.g. Word's DOC)</li></ul><b>Structure of output</b> - <br><ul><li>Compressed?</li><li>Ordered (sorted)</li>
<li>Indexed?<br></li><li>Same items as in 'structure of input'</li><li>p-code</li><li>compiled code<br></li></ul><br><b>Format of output</b> -<br><ul><li>Tabular</li><li>Graphical (e.g. charts)</li><li>Aural (sound)</li>
<li>Encrypted?</li></ul>Cheers<br>Mark<br><br>Happy holidays everyone!<br><br>-- <br>Mark Kelly<br>Information Systems Manager; Reporting Manager<br>McKinnon Secondary College<br>McKinnon Rd McKinnon 3204, Victoria, Australia<br>
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