51.2. Data Integration - The Subject
Data Integration is all about integrating our own data
from the databases of our servers with data solicited
by others for use on the internet. This means
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Studying common exchange formats.
There are three mainstream formats available,
they are all plain text formats:
- CSV, Comma Separated Values
- JSON, JavaScript Object Notation
- XML, eXtensible Markup Language
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Researching what's solicited and from whom.
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Studying API documentation to be able to use the data.
This concerns structure and format of what we get.
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How to get the data.