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            <h1 class="text-center">OData - the best way to REST</h1>
            <p class="text-center">An <strong>open protocol</strong> to allow the creation and consumption of <strong>queryable</strong> and <strong>interoperable RESTful APIs</strong> in a <strong>simple</strong> and <strong>standard</strong> way.</p>
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          <p>OData (Open Data Protocol) is an <a href="https://www.oasis-open.org/news/pr/iso-iec-jtc-1-approves-oasis-odata-standard-for-open-data-exchange">ISO/IEC approved</a>, <a href="https://www.oasis-open.org/committees/tc_home.php?wg_abbrev=odata">OASIS standard</a> that defines a set of best practices for building and consuming RESTful APIs. OData helps you focus on your business logic while building RESTful APIs without having to worry about the various approaches to define request and response headers, status codes, HTTP methods, URL conventions, media types, payload formats, query options, etc. OData also provides guidance for tracking changes, defining functions/actions for reusable procedures, and sending asynchronous/batch requests.</p>
          <p>OData RESTful APIs are easy to consume. The OData metadata, a machine-readable description of the data model of the APIs, enables the creation of powerful generic client proxies and tools. </p>
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      <h2 class="text-center">OData has a rich <strong>Ecosystem</strong>. <strong><a href='https://www.odata.org/ecosystem/'>Click Here</a></strong> to find more!</h2>
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            <h3><a href="https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=stansw.vscode-odata ">Visual Studio Code for OData</a></h3>
            <p>OData for Visual Studio Code is a Visual Studio Code extension that adds rich support for the OData query language</p>
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            <h3><a href="https://services.odata.org/validation/">OData Validator</a></h3>
            <p>A tool to enable OData service authors to ensure that their service interoperates well with any OData client. It also enables consumers to test OData services.</p>
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            <h3><a href="http://pragmatiqa.com/xodata/">XOData</a></h3>
            <p>XOData is a generic online OData API/Service visualizer and explorer. It assists in rapid prototyping, verification, testing, and documentation of OData APIs. With XOData Chrome App it's also possible to explore OData Services deployed locally or on private networks.</p>
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          <h4><a href="https://www.odata.org/getting-started/"> Getting Started </a></h4>
          <p>To get started, take a look at <a href="https://www.odata.org/getting-started/understand-odata-in-6-steps/">Understanding OData in 6 steps</a>. And then the <a href="https://www.odata.org/getting-started/basic-tutorial/">Basic Tutorial</a>, <a href="https://www.odata.org/getting-started/advanced-tutorial/">Advanced Tutorial</a> and <a href="https://www.odata.org/getting-started/learning-odata-on-postman/">Postman Tutorial</a> will provide practical samples to learn OData.</p>
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          <h4><a href="https://www.odata.org/documentation/">Standard</a></h4>
          <p>OData v4 is standardized by OASIS, including <a href="http://docs.oasis-open.org/odata/odata/v4.0/odata-v4.0-part1-protocol.html">Protocol Specification</a>, <a href="http://docs.oasis-open.org/odata/odata/v4.0/odata-v4.0-part2-url-conventions.html">URL Conversions</a>, <a href="http://docs.oasis-open.org/odata/odata/v4.0/odata-v4.0-part3-csdl.html">Common Schema Definition Language</a>, <a href="http://docs.oasis-open.org/odata/odata-json-format/v4.0/odata-json-format-v4.0.html">JSON Format Specification, <a href="http://docs.oasis-open.org/odata/odata/v4.0/errata02/os/complete/abnf/">ABNF</a>, <a href="http://docs.oasis-open.org/odata/odata/v4.0/errata02/os/complete/vocabularies/">Standardized Vocabularies</a>, and <a href="http://docs.oasis-open.org/odata/odata-data-aggregation-ext/v4.0/odata-data-aggregation-ext-v4.0.html">Aggregation Extension</a>. OData v4 can also be ordered from ISO/IEC as <a href="http://www.iso.org/iso/catalogue_detail.htm?csnumber=69208">ISO/IEC 20802-1:2016</a> (OData 4.0 Protocol) and <a href="http://www.iso.org/iso/catalogue_detail.htm?csnumber=69209">ISO/IEC 20802-2:2016</a> (OData 4.0 JSON Format)</p>
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          <h4><a href="https://www.odata.org/libraries/">Libraries</a></h4>
          <p>There are several of libraries to facilitate building and consuming OData service. <a href="https://odata.github.io/RESTier/">Restier</a> is the main library for .NET framework. <a href="http://olingo.apache.org/">Apache Olingo</a> is for Java platform to build OData service.</p>
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          <p>There are several OData sample services to help you practice with OData API. <a href="https://services.odata.org/TripPinRESTierService/">TripPin Service</a> is the main sample service.</p>
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