General overview

The WDSF IT infrastructure is designed to provide DanceSport related services to the public.

Its main components are:

• WDSF database, here we store all our information.
  It's a secured server where all personal data is encrypted to avoid privacy issues should the server be compromised.
• WDSF API, this service provides DanceSport related information in a machine readable format. It's used to transmit competition results and general information about athletes, couples and teams.
  Common users are :
  • Competition organizers
  • Scrutiny
  • Member bodies
  • 3rd party websites
• WDSF website. It's what you are looking at right now.
  It's used by:
  • You
  • Athletes, to update their profile page.
  • Couples to register themselves at WDSF competitions (see the WDSF CRS section for more details).
  • National administrators, to manage their athletes, couples and teams.

More information about each item can be found in the submenus of this section.

Published on 16 April 2013 (last update on 29 November 2015)