Astoria Next Generation of Data Access for Web

Project codename "Astoria" is to enable enable applications to expose data as a data service that can be consumed by web clients within a corporate network and across the internet. The data service is reachable over HTTP, and URIs are used to identify the various pieces of information available through the service. Interactions with the data service happens in terms of HTTP verbs such as GET, POST, PUT and DELETE, and the data exchanged in those interactions is represented in simple formats such as XML and JSON. As mentioned in ADO.NET Team's BLOG. You can also visit the entry by Pablo Castro.

Documentation is available for download,

Microsoft Project Codename "Astoria" Overview Document

Microsoft Project Codename "Astoria" - Documentation

Check out the Astoria at https://astoria.mslivelabs.com

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