# Structured data

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/structured-data/9903>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [November 30, 2012, 2:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/structured-data/9903 "2012-11-30T14:48:04Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![evil80](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9fc29f/32.png) [@evil80](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/evil80)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2012, 2:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/structured-data/9903/1 "2012-11-30T14:48:04Z")

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Hi,

with structured data for which you have to build a web application for  
searching would you prefer to use ES or some document-oriented db (like  
MongoDB) for example ?  
Why the former or why the latter ?

Thanks a lot!

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 3:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/structured-data/9903/2 "2017-07-06T03:02:00Z")

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