Yes, OData is short for "Open Data Protocol". It is "Open" because it was designed through an open process and open license, but also because it opens silos
of data to the web. And it is a protocol; based on REST principles, it defines conventions, rules, and formats for exchanging data on the web.
More information on odata can be found at
http://www.odata.org. There is also a nice write-up recently here:
http://www.nuams.com/odata-communications-protocol-sharing-open-data.
Let me know if you need any more information.
Thanks,
-Mike
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Subject: [odata] Basic OData question
Hi folks
New to the group so please excuse the newbie question.
Basically my question is that I previous thought of Open Data as being about the licence - It's made open by the appropriate licence
to use it.
However OData seems to be more of a programmatic design of data access?
--
Neil McEvoy
VP Business Development
iFOSSF.org
