The ADO.NET Data Services framework lets you create and access flexible data services that are integrated with the Web. The services use URIs to locate and identify data, and use simple, well-known formats to represent the data, such as JSON and XML. Data is made available across the Web in the style of a representational state transfer (REST) resource collection that is addressable by using URIs. Clients can interact with the resources by using HTTP verbs such as GET, POST, and DELETE.

Rob Keiser is a .Net developer, Architect and freelance writer for PC Today magazine. He has been building Windows application using various languages and tools for the past 15 years.