Douglas Purdy

OData: The Movie

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The below diagram highlights all the products that have shipped or announced that support OData.

This is a very impressive list and there are more in the pipeline.

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One of the questions I often hear is “That is great, but what is the scenario?”

I’ll admit that I tend to think the scenario(s) should be self-evident, but I am very close to the technology.

In order to answer this question, Pablo put together a video of a concrete, real-world scenario that should resonate well with even the most jaded cynic.

Watch OData: The Movie Now

BTW:  One of the things that we are looking at going is adding support in SQL Azure for OData.  Create a database and get a non-code OData service that you can access from any platform/language over HTTP.  If you are interested in this feature, please let use know:  Vote for OData Support in SQL Azure.

February 1st, 2010 at 11:36 pm

9 Responses to 'OData: The Movie'

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  1. GASP! You want me to download a movie locally to play it? Is YouTube broken or do you just not like it?

    Hoop Somuah

    2 Feb 10 at 00:14

  2. I am using mpeg4 on purpose. I don’t know of a way to play that in a frame without a plug-in and I am not using plug-in.

    douglasp

    2 Feb 10 at 06:43

  3. I’m looking forward to seeing the Live Framework being added to that diagram in a few months time!

    -Jamie

    Jamie Thomson

    3 Feb 10 at 11:14

  4. [...] OData protocol for accessing data over HTTP. Chris also linked to Douglas Purdy’s blog post OData: The Movie which listed the following Microsoft and non-Microsoft technologies that support (or soon will [...]

  5. What value does OData provide beyond the URI/HTTP/RDF/LinkedData stack?

  6. 1. We have and will continue to implement this protocol in our products.
    2. We adhere to many of the same design principles and goals that Tim outlined in 2006.
    3. We use a different metamodel, ATOM with EDM, which as a model that developed organically during implementation.
    4. We have defined query semantics. As I recall the 2006 note wasn’t overly specific in that regard.

    douglasp

    4 Feb 10 at 23:20

  7. Youtube supports HTML5 now. Works with any late-model browser other than IE.

    jeo

    8 Feb 10 at 14:19

  8. [...] does a nice job of outlining a key business scenario in OData: The Movie, but I want to use this post to outline a personal scenario that is crying out for [...]

  9. [...] we will talk about the things that can help you build out Web APIs on the Microsoft platform like OData and [...]

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