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The OData Standards Support documentation provides detailed support information for certain standards that are implemented in various Microsoft products.

• The OData Standards Support documentation provides detailed support information for certain standards that are implemented in various Microsoft products.
  
  These documents provide statements of standards support. They are intended for use in conjunction with the Microsoft technical specifications, publicly available standards specifications, network programming art, and Microsoft distributed systems concepts. It assumes that the reader is either familiar with the aforementioned material or has immediate access to it.
  
  Standards Support documents do not require the use of Microsoft programming tools or programming environments in order to implement the standard. Developers who have access to Microsoft programming tools and environments are free to take advantage of them.

Files

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File	Size
ODataStandards.zip SHA1: 9202ae9bb31f82e0d2aba2192bf719b4b3cd4c4a	729 KB
[MS-ODATAJSON].pdf SHA1: e8ad4759895a436da2fbe81e2d9fcb7871c7a5f6	507 KB
[[ReadmefirstOSS]].pdf SHA1: c096057e02d7eb9dd38bb46cd7f514602e2a14c0	226 KB

File sizes and hashes are retrieved from the Wayback Machine’s indexes. They may not match the latest versions of files hosted on Microsoft servers.

• The OData Standards Support documents are available in the Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF), which you can open by using Adobe Reader, available at http://www.adobe.com/.
  
  
  Note: For optimal readability of the PDF documents, it is recommended that they be opened and viewed by using Adobe Reader 8.0 or later. Earlier versions of Adobe Reader might not provide the same reading quality.

• Individual PDF files should be stored in a single directory to enable links between the OData standards support documents. Note that if you download additional OData standards support documents from Microsoft, they should also be stored in the same directory to enable linking.
  
  The self-extracting Zip file (ODataStandards.zip) in this list of files contains all the OData standards support documents. Please download and read the readme file. This package does not collect any personal information.
  
  Audience:
  The OData standards support documentation is intended for use in conjunction with publicly available standard specifications. It assumes that the reader either is familiar with this material or has access to it. The documentation provides the following levels of audience support:
  
  • Implementer: Conceptual and reference information to implement an interoperable solution by using one or more specifications for a given task or scenario.
  
  • Reviewer: A resource for readers who want to evaluate or understand the Microsoft implementation of these specifications.