DATEX Specification

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Secure, real-time, peer-to-peer synchronization

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Open Standard

An open, community-driven specification with a focus on web technologies and cross-platform support.

Peer-to-Peer

DATEX endpoints communicate in a decentralized, peer-to-peer network instead of a traditional server-client model.

Secure and Flexible

Integrated encryption, authentication, signatures, and a powerful type system supporting a variety of programming environments.

Introduction ​

This is the official specification for the DATEX Protocol Language. You can find this document on github.com and docs.unyt.org.

DATEX is a communication protocol and language that provides realtime data exchange and synchronization for distributed applications.

The DATEX specification is an open standard that is designed to be implemented for various platforms, including

  • embedded devices
  • web applications
  • mobile application
  • desktop applications

DATEX is a flexible protocol that combines the Application, Session, Transport, and Network layer of the OSI Model. The protocol offers encryption, signatures and authentication functionality.

DATEX introduces the concept of endpoints that form a peer-to-peer network, replacing the common server-client architecture.

DATEX incorporates a global shared memory that enables data synchronization between network participants (endpoints). In addition, DATEX includes a general-purpose type system which is designed to interface with common programming languages.

This specification describes

  • the DATEX Binary Format (DXB) - the machine-readable bytecode format for DATEX
  • the DATEX Script Language (DX or just DATEX) - a human-readable representation of DATEX that gets compiled to DXB, designed as a full-featured programming language while still being a superset of JSON.