What are the requirements for being a content provider for data streams listed in the DataMarket section of the Windows Azure Marketplace?
•Content providers must be able to make the data available for resale and have associated rights for distribution through the Windows Azure Marketplace. •Commercial data providers: must be in top 5 of vertical by sales; must be able to support data for 12 months to not break consumers of the data; must be able to make multiple copies of the data available to handle load of requests •Public data – must be the authoritative source of the curated content; must be able to support data for 12 months to not break consumers of the data; must be able to make multiple copies of the data available to handle load of requests •Web Services – must conform to the Windows Azure Marketplace specification for interfacing with our system (REST based, ATOM payload, paging support, caching, SLA for availability, uptime, security, etc).
