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The Data Transfer Project (DTP) is an open-source initiative which features data portability between multiple online platforms. The project was launched and introduced by Google on July 20, 2018, and has currently partnered with Facebook, Microsoft, Twitter, and Apple.
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Data Transfer Project (DTP) is a collaboration of organizations committed to building a common framework with open-source code that can connect any two online service providers, enabling a seamless, direct transfer of data.
That project became the Data Transfer Project (DTP) and is now supported by a non-profit, the Data Transfer Initiative (DTI). Today, a data exporter can run DTP on a server inside their service, and provide a higher quality and scalability of data portability of user content to other data platforms.
Jul 20, 2018 · In tandem with Microsoft, Twitter, and Facebook we’re announcing the Data Transfer Project, an open source initiative dedicated to developing tools that will enable consumers to transfer their data directly from one service to another, without needing to download and re-upload it.
Jul 20, 2018 · Today, Google, Facebook, Microsoft, and Twitter joined to announce a new standards initiative called the Data Transfer Project, designed as a new way to move data between platforms.
Data migration is a project through which data will be moved or copied from one environment to another, and removed or decommissioned in the source. During the migration (which can take place over months or even years), data can flow in multiple directions, and there may be multiple simultaneous migrations.
The Data Transfer Project (DTP) extends data portability beyond a user’s ability to download a copy of their data from their service provider 1 (“provider”), to providing the user the ability to initiate a direct transfer of their data into and out of any participating provider.
