Data that cannot be characterized as a single concept, atomic data element as defined in DoD 8320.1-M-1. Complex data includes most scientific and technical data. It has been recently categorized by the Complex Data Task Force into: (a) highly derived data (e.g., probability hit/kill); (b) objects utilizing the concepts of multiple inheritance (e.g., student-assistant is subclass of student class and employee class), multiple root hierarchies (e.g., a tank is a vehicle and a tank is a weapon where "vehicle" and "weapon" are each roots), and polymorphic attributes (e.g., "capacity" for different types of aircraft may mean number of people, pounds of cargo, or gallons of fuel); (c) compositions such as command hierarchies, road networks, images (binary large objects (BLOBS), compound documents; and (d) artifacts of legacy systems and physical constraints (e.g., aircraft category and mission in one data element, intelligence facility code where the first few bytes define how the rest of the field is used. [MSMP]
Lugcino-lwazi olungenakuphawulwa njengengqiqo enye, ilungu elizenzekelayo logcino-lwazi njengoko lichazwa kwi-DoD 8320.1-M-1. Ugcino-lwazi olumbaxa luquka kakhulu ugcino-lwazi lobunzululwazi okanye lobuchule. Lusanda kuhlelwa nguMkhosi wokuSebenza woGcino-lwazi oluMbaxa ngale ndlela: (a) ugcino-lwazi uluchazwa ngamandla (umz. ubetho/ubulawo olunokwenzeka); (b) izinto ezisebenzisa iingqiqo zamafa azintlobo-ntlobo (umz. umfundi ongumncedisi lihlelwana lehlelo lomfundi kunye nehlelo lomqeshi), intlobo-ntlobo zamanqanaba okufumana ilifa (umz. itanki yemfazwe sisithuthi ngeli lixa kwaye le tanki yokulwa isisixhobo ngeli lixa âisithuthiâ kunye ânesixhoboâ zizingcambu), kunye namabakala amaninzi abalelwa kuzo (umz. âubuninzi â benqwelo-moya ezahlukeneyo bungathetha ubuninzi babantu, imithwalo emininzi, okanye igaloni zezibasi); (c) ulwakhiwo olufana namanqanaba uyalelo, iinethwekhi zendlela, imifanekiso (izinto ezinkulu ezintlandlu-mbini (BLOBS), amaxwebhu amakhulu, kunye (d) nezinto ezenziwe ngabantu ezililifa kunye nezinyanzelo (umz. udidi lwenqwelo-moya kunye nemishini ekwilungu elinye logcino-lwazi, ikhowudi yesibonelelo sobuntlola apho iibhayithsi ezimbalwa zokuqala zichaza ukuba lisetyenziswa njani ibala ngokubanzi. [MSMP]