OData: There’s a feed for that
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Written by Douglas Purdy   
Saturday, 30 January 2010 00:17
I am spending a lot of time on the Open Data Protocol (OData).

Many of us at Microsoft that believe that this protocol can help usher in a more open and programmable Web.

A protocol like this is a prerequisite for the broader “Infobus” and “Information Liberation” vision that I often talk about.

Envision a world where every application/Web property exposes its data (actually your data) in a way that you can easily query it in rich tools like Excel/Numbers or write your own mash-up/custom application.

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