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I am working as a volunteer/IT consultant where my job is to implement CiviCRM on a local server (i.e. localhost) - Windows IIS!

The company already owns a hosted website where events are created using a third party system. This system allows registration by contacts for events, similar to CiviEvent. The company does not want to replace the current system but rather investigate about integration between the two systems.

Is it possible to:
1.    Export event data on a schedule to a 'standard' file (xml)
2.    Send this via http to remote system (up to third party to develop this end)
3.    When a file (xml) is received from remote system, the events database is updated with attending contacts

Basically, is there any info you can provide on the structure of the MySQL CiviEvent system so I can research/investigate if it is possible to perform exports and imports of event/attendee data?
If this is possible (MySQL scripts?), I wouldn't have a problem with coding a small utility (albeit in .NET) to perform the actions. As for php, I am getting better - it's starting to look a LOT better than ASP.NET!

Thanks in advance,

Mark

PS. I have been documenting every step involved in this current project undertaking, which is going well so far. This current requirement is almost fundamental to the company, I would be very grateful for any assistance. 

Thanks for the reply.

I was more interested with information on the MySQL data structure in order to generate a SQL script to extract relevant records and later add/update information later. (only researching at the moment)

Is there anywhere that can assist?

Thanks

Mark