rufuspollock-okfn / opd-product-browser-web

A repository of code, documentation and database scripts for the Open Product Data project.
http://www.product-open-data.com/
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Interfaces between manufacturers and our database #4

Open PhilippePlagnol opened 10 years ago

PhilippePlagnol commented 10 years ago

The paradigm of the project is the the data printed on packaging are public and that manufacturers should publish a digital catalogue including the GTIN code (unique identifier)

The fact to scrap data from e-commerce website was a way to create the first version of the database and to prove the concept,...

The big challenge that we have now is to get directly information from manufacturer because it's the real source, the trusted source of data.

We should be able to know which manufacturers we prioritize (food, beverage, cosmetics,...) the content of the dataflow we are expecting from them and to propose technical solutions to transfer data,...