THE INGESTIBLE EVENT MARKER DATA FRAMEWORK (102) PROVIDES A UNIFORM, COMPREHENSIVE FRAMEWORK TO ENABLE VARIOUS FUNCTIONS AND UTILITIES RELATED TO INGESTIBLE EVENT MARKER DATA (IEM DATA) (200). THE FUNCTIONS AND UTILITIES INCLUDE DATA AND/OR INFORMATION HAVING AN ASPECT OF DATA DERIVED FROM, COLLECTED BY, AGGREGATED BY, OR OTHERWISE ASSOCIATED WITH, AN INGESTION EVENT. FIG. 1