<s>
The	B-Application
Data	I-Application
Transfer	I-Application
Project	I-Application
(	O
DTP	O
)	O
is	O
an	O
open-source	O
initiative	O
which	O
features	O
data	B-Application
portability	I-Application
between	O
multiple	O
online	O
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
project	O
was	O
launched	O
and	O
introduced	O
by	O
Google	B-Application
on	O
July	O
20	O
,	O
2018	O
,	O
and	O
has	O
currently	O
partnered	O
with	O
Facebook	B-Application
,	O
Microsoft	O
,	O
Twitter	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Apple	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
project	O
was	O
formed	O
by	O
the	B-Application
Google	I-Application
Data	B-Application
Liberation	I-Application
Front	I-Application
in	O
2017	O
,	O
hoping	O
to	O
provide	O
a	O
platform	O
that	O
could	O
allow	O
individuals	O
to	O
move	O
their	O
online	O
data	O
between	O
different	O
platforms	O
,	O
without	O
the	O
need	O
of	O
downloading	O
and	O
re-uploading	O
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
ecosystem	O
is	O
achieved	O
by	O
extracting	O
different	O
files	O
through	O
various	O
available	O
APIs	B-Application
released	O
by	O
online	O
platforms	O
and	O
translating	O
such	O
codes	O
so	O
that	O
it	O
could	O
be	O
compatible	O
with	O
other	O
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Similarly	O
,	O
the	B-Application
Data	I-Application
Transfer	I-Application
Project	I-Application
is	O
currently	O
being	O
used	O
as	O
a	O
part	O
of	O
Google	B-Application
Takeout	I-Application
and	O
a	O
similar	O
program	O
in	O
Facebook	B-Application
(	O
called	O
"	O
Access	O
your	O
information	O
"	O
)	O
,	O
allowing	O
the	O
two	O
personal	O
data	O
downloading	O
services	O
to	O
be	O
compatible	O
with	O
each	O
other	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
source	O
code	O
,	O
which	O
has	O
been	O
uploaded	O
to	O
GitHub	B-Application
,	O
was	O
mainly	O
written	O
by	O
Google	B-Application
and	O
Microsoft	O
's	O
engineers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
July	O
30	O
,	O
2019	O
,	O
Apple	O
announced	O
that	O
it	O
will	O
be	O
joining	O
the	O
project	O
,	O
allowing	O
data	B-Application
portability	I-Application
in	O
iCloud	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
December	O
2	O
,	O
2019	O
,	O
Facebook	B-Application
announced	O
the	O
ability	O
for	O
users	O
to	O
transfer	O
photos	O
and	O
videos	O
to	O
Google	B-Application
Photos	O
,	O
originally	O
available	O
only	O
in	O
a	O
select	O
few	O
countries	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
expanded	O
over	O
the	O
following	O
months	O
,	O
and	O
on	O
June	O
4	O
,	O
2020	O
,	O
Facebook	B-Application
announced	O
full	O
global	O
availability	O
of	O
this	O
feature	O
.	O
</s>
