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Structured data conforms to predefined standards such as the definition of the data, format, size, and allowed content making it easily searchable and analyzable. Often this content is tied to a predefined standard that lists a code, its description, and often an accessible set of values. For example, the abbreviation for states in the United States are structured data because they are pre-defined to contain two alpha characters or letters such as MO for Missouri and MS for Mississippi.