Open Data opens the .Net 3.5 & SilverLight 3 client libraries. The client libraries source, under Apache 2.0 license, is available now

WCF Data Services Team Blog -  The Open Data Protocol .NET Framework Client Library – Source Code Available for Download

“We are happy to announce that we have made the source code for the .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 and Silverlight 3.0 Open Data Protocol (OData) client libraries available for download on the Codeplex website. This release represents the OData team’s continued commitment to the OData protocol and the ecosystem that has been built around it. We have had requests for assistance in building new client libraries for the OData protocol and we are releasing the source for the .NET Framework and Silverlight client libraries to assist in that process. We encourage anyone who is interested in the OData ecosystem and building OData client libraries to download the code.

The source code has been made available under the Apache 2.0 license and is available for download by anyone with a Codeplex account. …”

CodePlex - Open Data Protocol - Client Libraries

“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.

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Open Data Protocol - Client Libraries - OData .NET Client Source Code

“Released: Apr 23 2010

Updated: Apr 23 2010…

Dev status: Stable

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Recommended Download

ODataNetFxClient.zip
source code, 323K, uploaded Fri - 38 downloads

Release Notes

This is a zip containing a fully building Visual Studio 2008 solution for the OData .NET Client. To use, unzip the file locally and open the solution in Visual Studio 2008.

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Nice. Good to see Open Data = Open…