ADO.NET Data Services
Introduction
The ADO.NET Data Services framework lets you create and access flexible data services that are integrated with the Web. The services use URIs to locate and identify data, and use simple, well-known formats to represent the data, such as JSON and XML. Data is made available across the Web in the style of a representational state transfer (REST) resource collection that is addressable by using URIs. Clients can interact with the resources by using HTTP verbs such as GET, POST, and DELETE.
For relational data, ADO.NET Data Services expose data by using the Entity Data Model as specified by the ADO.NET Entity Framework. For information about the ADO.NET Entity Framework, see ADO.NET Entity Framework.
The ASP.NET 3.5 Extensions Preview release enables you to consume an ADO.NET Data Service from client script.
Note
If you have installed the ASP.NET 3.5 Extensions Preview (December 2007) or the ASP.NET Futures (July 2007) release, you must update your Web applications if you want to:
• Use the latest releases of the ASP.NET server controls for Silverlight in the Silverlight 2 SDK Beta 1 or the Silverlight Tools Beta 1 for Visual Studio 2008
• Use the ASP.NET MVC framework in the ASP.NET MVC Preview 2
For more information, see Readme: ASP.NET MVC Preview 2 and ASP.NET Server Controls for Silverlight.
In This Section
ADO.NET Data Services Framework
Consuming ADO.NET Data Services
Related Sections
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