DataClarity

See: PeripheralKnowledge

Just because a list is often the best way to store some information, doesn't mean it's the best way to show that information.

What can you tell me about the log file sample below? Nothing at a glance probably. Many ProductListing resemble a SQL result or a log file.


crawl-66-249-64-33.googlebot.com - Anonymous [19/Jul/2005:22:29:29 +0100] "GET /theotherblog/Articles/2004/12/24/vqLURNeDhL/XFFkjNHkgl/Articles/rss.xml HTTP/1.0" 200 13964 "Googlebot/2.1 (+http://www.google.com/bot.html)" crawl-66-249-64-66.googlebot.com - Anonymous [19/Jul/2005:22:29:33 +0100] "GET /theotherblog/Articles/2001/07/31/28 HTTP/1.0" 200 17661 "Googlebot/2.1 (+http://www.google.com/bot.html)∞"
crawl-66-249-64-37.googlebot.com - Anonymous [19/Jul/2005:22:29:34 +0100] "GET /theotherblog/Articles/2001/06/21/271 HTTP/1.0" 200 18507 "Googlebot/2.1 (+http://www.google.com/bot.html)" build2.findory.com - Anonymous [19/Jul/2005:22:29:37 +0100] "GET /theotherblog/Articles/rss.xml HTTP/1.1" 200 13964 "FindoryBot/0.8 (findory.com)"
crawl-66-249-64-66.googlebot.com - Anonymous [19/Jul/2005:22:29:40 +0100] "GET /theotherblog/Articles/2001/07/11/359 HTTP/1.0" 200 17578 "Googlebot/2.1 (+http://www.google.com/bot.html)" lj2288.inktomisearch.com - Anonymous [19/Jul/2005:22:29:47 +0100] "GET /theotherblog/Articles/2003/01/09/pXAqkPepqO/tom-smith HTTP/1.0" 200 24458 "Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; Yahoo! Slurp; http://help.yahoo.com/help/us/ysearch/slurp)∞"
crawl-66-249-64-30.googlebot.com - Anonymous [19/Jul/2005:22:29:48 +0100] "GET /theotherblog/Articles/2001/09/27/557 HTTP/1.0" 200 17902 "Googlebot/2.1 (+http://www.google.com/bot.html)" crawl-66-249-64-66.googlebot.com - Anonymous [19/Jul/2005:22:29:50 +0100] "GET /theotherblog/Articles/2001/06/28/314 HTTP/1.0" 200 17703 "Googlebot/2.1 (+http://www.google.com/bot.html)∞"
msnbot.msn.com - Anonymous [19/Jul/2005:22:30:06 +0100] "GET /theotherblog/Articles/2003/07/02 HTTP/1.0" 200 72940 "msnbot/1.0 (+http://search.msn.com/msnbot.htm)" crawl-66-249-64-68.googlebot.com - Anonymous [19/Jul/2005:22:30:11 +0100] "GET /theotherblog/Articles/2001/11/14/1127 HTTP/1.0" 200 19267 "Googlebot/2.1 (+http://www.google.com/bot.html)∞"
crawl-66-249-64-38.googlebot.com - Anonymous [19/Jul/2005:22:30:12 +0100] "GET /theotherblog/Articles/2002/06/14/1587 HTTP/1.0" 200 18482 "Googlebot/2.1 (+http://www.google.com/bot.html)" 199.4.160.10 - Anonymous [19/Jul/2005:22:30:14 +0100] "GET /theotherblog/Articles/2004/02/25/nbnjllLExG/Articles/rss.xml HTTP/1.0" 200 13964 "lmspider lmspider@scansoft.com"
freerangeinc.virtual.vps-host.net - Anonymous [19/Jul/2005:22:30:15 +0100] "GET /theotherblog/Articles/rss.xml HTTP/1.1" 200 13945 "freenews" crawl-66-249-64-55.googlebot.com - Anonymous [19/Jul/2005:22:30:16 +0100] "GET /theotherblog/Articles/2002/01/17/1267/XWDBCuUCOB HTTP/1.0" 200 17393 "Googlebot/2.1 (+http://www.google.com/bot.html)∞"