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To begin does your code, software, or tool carry out a data conversion or a data extraction?  If a conversion the tool should be included in the Data Access Proxy.  If an extraction the tool should be included in the Data Tilling Service.

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DAP DAP

The Data Access Proxy (DAP)

The Data Access Proxy handles data conversions.  If a piece of software or tool exists to carry out the conversion its incorporation into the DAP will be through Polyglot.  If the specification of the file format is known then in can be incorporated as a DFDL schema within Daffodil.

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Polyglot Polyglot

Polyglot Software Server Scripts

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The Data Tilling Services handles data extractions.  If your code, tool, or software extracts information such as keywords from a file or its contents then it should be included in the DTS as a Medici extractor.  If your code, tool, or software extracts a signature from the file's contents which in turn can be compared to the signatures of other files via some distance measure to find similar pieces of data, then, it should be included in the DTS as a Versus extractor.

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Medici Medici

Medici Extractors

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