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What is this?

1. A standard data schema to be used with APIs and import / export tools to ensure all fiend names and data types / format are uniform.

Formats Tracked:

restaurant,

menu,

menu item,

ingredient,

ingredient source

2. A centralized key system for tracking unique ids for each record between various systems.

What can I use this for? This will be a free to use (and free to modify for your own use) format for sharing data between computer systems.

• Export data dumps from one database to another to "seed" a dataset
• Subscribe to updates to keep your database up to date (and your modifications in tact).

Why is this being created?

Clean Format is the Food Data Rosetta Stone

This data format was created to support rapid application development with high data integrity. It was built to make hackathon projects easier to develop because of easy access to data and easy data mashups. Ultimately, once ratified by key industry players, it will be used as a database interconnect standard.

• Problem 1 - Database schema varies greatly between different databases
• Problem 2 - Data is often not accurate, or is miscategorized