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"As a consumer of reference data to enable your customer solutions,you may be interested in the efficiencies made available by the AgGateway SPADE project to more easily obtain this data from manufacturers. Immediate access to a centralized directory of reference data sources will be available, allowing you to spend less time tracking it down. By creating an API and encouraging your reference data sources to do implement the samecommon API, these efficiencies can be realized throughout the industry."
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