# The New Workspace

Format

A new workspace reads from left to right, from the source (Reader) feature types, through to the destination (Writer) feature types. Arrows denote the direction of data flow:

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In the above screenshot, eight feature types are being read from one format and written to another.

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**NOTE**

*In most cases FME uses the terms 'Reader' and 'Writer' instead of 'Source’ and ‘Destination.' So a Reader reads datasets and a Writer writes datasets, in terms analogous to source/destination and input/output.*
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