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Re:The rise of the corporate colossus is a giant problem by sjdchid on Thursday September 15, 2016 @11:16PM (#12511598)
Does this mean that before I can add any features to my product, I have to wait for them to be part of the data standard?
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Re:The rise of the corporate colossus is a giant problem by hvidgaard on Friday September 16, 2016 @02:57AM (#12512336)
It is possible to make a schema such that you can add whatever you want. And this only applies to exporting the data anyway.
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Re:The rise of the corporate colossus is a giant problem by sjdchid on Friday September 16, 2016 @03:03AM (#12512359)
Ok, so you can export it, but only in a format that is useful to a programmer.
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Re:The rise of the corporate colossus is a giant problem by distances on Friday September 16, 2016 @04:08AM (#12512574)
Yes, I didn't mean it would have to conform to a standard of any kind. You'd get the data; it would be up to you (or a service you choose to use) what to do with it.

Of course this wouldn't lead to any magical inter-operation of services, but that wouldn't be the point anyway.

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