The Data Transfer Project was formed in 2017 and was initially designed to create a data transfer protocol that would make data more portable across the web. Recently the organization has released a new white paper named, Data Transfer Project Overview and Fundamentals, on how readers can build a platform that lets individuals port data between app services. The open source service will use existing APIs to access data, then recreate it in a new common format API.
In the white paper, the organization writes:
“The Data Transfer Project is an open source initiative to encourage participation of as many providers as possible. The DTP will enhance the data portability ecosystem by reducing the infrastructure burden on both providers and users, which should, in turn, increase the number of services offering portability. The protocols and methodology of the DTP enable direct, service-to-service data transfer with streamlined engineering work.”
In addition to the white paper, the DTP provides technical information on how the service will work through the documentation on its website, plus a chance to try the system out using Docker or code. In the future, there will be sites with the DTP API to test.
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