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  <h1 class="tagline">Build something awesome with Open Data!</h1>
  <p class="lead">The Socrata Open Data API allows you to programatically access a wealth of open data resources from governments, non-profits, and NGOs around the world.</p>
  <p>SODA is based on standard, RESTful paradigms, and SDKs are available for many popular languages, so it's very easy to get started. Click the link below and try a live example right now.</p>
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    <h2><i class="icon-cogs"></i> App Developers</h2>
    <p>Looking to use open data as part of your application or your business? Click below to get started consuming data via the SODA API.</p>
    <a class="btn" href="/consumers/getting-started/">Get Started &raquo;</a>
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    <h2><i class="icon-cloud-upload"></i> Data Publishers</h2>
    <p>Looking to use open data as part of your application or your business? Click below to get started consuming data via the SODA API.</p>
    <a class="btn" href="/publishers/getting-started/">Get Started &raquo;</a>

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    <h2><i class="icon-mobile-phone"></i> Libraries and SDKs</h2>
    <p>Looking to use open data as part of your application or your business? Click below to get started consuming data via the SODA API.</p>
    <a class="btn" href="/libraries/">Learn More &raquo;</a>
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