Space Regulatory Glossary AI & Data Science

ETL

/iː tiː ɛl/ noun (abbr.) Extract, Transform, Load

1. Extract, Transform, Load: a data integration pattern where data is pulled from source systems (extract), converted into a target format with cleaning and enrichment (transform), and written to a destination database or warehouse (load).
2. Regulatory data ETL pipelines extract filings from agency systems like FCC IBFS and ECFS, transform raw HTML and PDF content into normalized records with consistent field names and data types, and load the results into a database that supports search and analysis.

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