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| Term | Description |
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Data format | A data format defines how digital information is encoded and stored in a file or other data source.
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Data source | A data source is an instance of a dataset stored in a specific format. |
Data transformation | A data transformation is the process of reorganizing or restructuring data from the source format into destination data. |
Data translator | A data translator converts data from one format to another format. For example, a data translator can convert MapInfo TAB data to an Esri shapefile. |
Extract, transform, and load | Extract, transform, and load (ETL) refers to the three separate functions that are combined into a single tool and run as a series, in the following order:
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Spatial ETL | Spatial ETL is a category of tools used for manipulating spatial data, which incorporates the data processing methodologies of traditional extract, transform, and load software. |
FME Workbench | This is the primary FME Desktop application used to build translation and transformation workflows. |
FMW files | This is the file that contains the Workbench workspace. This workspace is where the translation or a transformation work is authored and shared. The FMW file can be either referenced or embedded to an ETL tool. |
Transformer | A transformer is an FME Workbench object that performs a particular restructuring of features or schema. It is a visual object that you add to your workspace canvas and connect between the source and destination features or to other transformers. |