[data-protocols] OData

[Francis Irving]

Microsoft have a protocol, they are soon to submit to a standards
body, called OData.

Its purpose is data integration.

http://www.odata.org/

I don't understand it technically yet. Apparently it does push and
pull. It's REST, using HTTP, ATOM and JSON.

http://www.odata.org/developers/protocols/overview

So on the face of it might be exactly what we need... Would be much
easier to back a standard a corporate is putting the work into, if it
is suitable.

Anyone know anything about it, or fancy investigating it?

Francis