OData: Open Access Protocol to Information
Presented by Dan Rigsby

Thursday, August 12th
OData.org has this to say about its namesake protocol:
"There is a vast amount of data available today and data is now being collected and stored at a rate never seen before. Much, if not most, of this data however is locked into specific applications or formats and difficult to access or to integrate into new uses.
The Open Data Protocol (OData) is a Web protocol for querying and updating data that provides a way to unlock your data and free it from silos that exist in applications today. OData does this by applying and building upon Web technologies such as HTTP, Atom Publishing Protocol (AtomPub) and JSON to provide access to information from a variety of applications, services, and stores. The protocol emerged from experiences implementing AtomPub clients and servers in a variety of products over the past several years. OData is being used to expose and access information from a variety of sources including, but not limited to, relational databases, file systems, content management systems and traditional Web sites."
What Does the Odata Architect Say?
How does OData work and when should I use it? When do I use OData and when do I use WCF? Scott Hanselman recently interviewed Pablo Castro for insight in this podcast:
http://www.hanselminutes.com/default.aspx?showID=223
OData client libraries are available for a range of platforms including .NET and Silverlight through WCF Data Services, as well as AJAX, PHP, Java and the IPhone.
Join us for Dan Rigsby's presentation on the art and science of Odata in the real world.
About Dan Rigsby
Dan Rigsby is a System Architect for Aprimo in Indianapolis, Indiana. Dan has been an avid .Net developer since late 2001 starting with ASP.Net, but today concentrates on SOA, Wcf, smart client applications, and a host of other areas. Dan is very active in the community as a developer, speaker, blogger, officer at IndyNDA, and 5 star moderator on the MSDN forums for Wcf. He is always eager to help out others when he can and has been awarded the Microsoft MVP award for his work with Connected Systems in Wcf. As a certified ScrumMaster, Dan has been involved in agile techniques and project management. Read more about Dan and development adventures at http://www.danrigsby.com/ or connect with him on Twitter or Facebook.