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Your client system's data gets to the a Starter Kit instance via the Ed-Fi ODS platform's API. The Ed-Fi API uses standard REST conventions and JSON as its data format language.

A REST API is a common pattern in software development. If you are not familiar with this pattern, we recommend these resources:

The entire Ed-Fi ODS / API is extensive, but your application will client applications typically only interact with a few of these API resources. Those specific resources are covered in the section Data Requirements.