Rules for the list name used with ListData.svc

The ListData.svc web service introduced with SharePoint 2010 offers a great option for querying a list to be consumed by JavaScript. The syntax is:

 https://<sharepoint-server>/_vti_bin/ListData.svc/<list-name>

Determining the correct list name may not be obvious and there are a number of rules of which you should be aware. To illustrate we will use an example list named today’s quote.

• Anonymous
  October 05, 2016
  According to https://platinumdogs.me/2014/07/24/listdata-svc-rest-gotcha-in-sharepoint-20102013/If a SharePoint list name starts with 1 or more digit characters, the letters "c_" are prepended to the list name.