# Media sets (unstructured data)

A **media set** is a collection of media files with a common schema, for example, files of the same format. Media sets are designed to work with high-scale, unstructured data and enable the processing of media items such as audio, imagery, video, and documents. Media sets enable access to flexible storage, compute optimizations, and schema-specific transformations to enhance media workflows and pipelines.

![Media sets support the import of audio, imagery, spreadsheets, video, documents, and emails.](../../../assets/cc7d4b2bee15d41b5a4310d2ad631481d44884b8685bd6f36e04c91f749950c8.webp)

Example media set workflows include:

* Enabling content analysis by extracting text from PDFs with Pipeline Builder
* Performing geospatial analysis with raster tiling (TIFF, NITF) in the Map application
* Processing medical imaging files (DICOM format) with Pipeline Builder

To find out more about media sets and how to work with media in Foundry, **visit the [media set documentation](../../media-sets-advanced-formats/media-overview/index.md)**.