The subject disclosure pertains to extensible data mining systems, means,
and methodologies. For example, a data mining system is disclosed that
supports plug-in or integration of non-native mining algorithms, perhaps
provided by third parties, such that they function the same as built-in
algorithms. Furthermore, non-native data mining viewers may also be
seamlessly integrated into the system for displaying the results of one
or more algorithms including those provided by third parties as well as
those built-in. Still further yet, support is provided for extending data
mining languages to include user-defined functions (UDFs).