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Data Transfer Project (Initiative)#

See also: computing, gather-weave

The Data Transfer Project has three components (sadly Java)

  1. Data models - code
  2. canonical formats that establish a common understanding of how to transfer data (both proprietary data and authentication formats)
  3. recognises an ideal situation would be the use of interoperable APIs (e.g. ActivityPub), but not common
  4. data models clustered by industry grouping to form Verticals
  5. ideally each vertical has a small number of defined/adopted data models
  6. Company specific adapters - code
    • Tranlate provider's API into data models, come in pairs: exporter/importer
    • Adapters for data and authentication
    • Outside core infrastructure - writen by provider or third parties
  7. Task management - "The rest is just plumbing"