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The "doc" property of each object in "rows" is the same JSON object that you would get back from our API for an individual record.
Prior to May 28th, 2014, we were also including various other CouchDB-related properties alongside "doc" in every row element.
New file format
We will be changing the structure of our export files' JSON, at a date still to be determined. The existing format is a legacy of the way we used to export the direct output of CouchDB views, where each element of "rows" had a "doc" property. The new format will be more simple, and will result in lower file sizes, especially for the larger files. The format that we are currently considering is as follows:
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