OASIS Open Data Protocol (OData) TC

OASIS Members, We are pleased to announce the approval and publication of three new Committee Specifications by the members of the OASIS Open Data Protocol (OData) TC: OData Version 4.0  Committee Specification 02 17 November 2013 OData Atom Format Version 4.0 Committee Specification 02 17 November 2013 OData JSON Format Version 4.0 Committee Specification 02 17 November 2013 Overview:  The Open Data Protocol (OData) enables the creation of REST-based data services, which allow resources, identified using Uniform Resource Locators (URLs) and defined in an Entity Data Model (EDM), to be published and edited by Web clients using simple HTTP messages. The Committee Specification defines the core semantics and facilities of the protocol. The OData Atom Format extends the core specification by defining representations for OData requests and responses using an Atom format. The OData JSON Format extends the core specification by defining representations for OData requests and responses using a JSON format. URIs:  The prose specification and related files are available here: - OData Version 4.0 Committee Specification 02 17 November 2013 OData V4.0 is a multi-part specification consisting of:  -- Part 1: Protocol Editable Source (Authoritative):  http://docs.oasis-open.org/odata/odata/v4.0/cs02/part1-protocol/odata-v4.0-cs02-part1-protocol.doc HTML:  http://docs.oasis-open.org/odata/odata/v4.0/cs02/part1-protocol/odata-v4.0-cs02-part1-protocol.html PDF: http://docs.oasis-open.org/odata/odata/v4.0/cs02/part1-protocol/odata-v4.0-cs02-part1-protocol.pdf -- Part 2: URL Conventions Editable Source (Authoritative):  http://docs.oasis-open.org/odata/odata/v4.0/cs02/part2-url-conventions/odata-v4.0-cs02-part2-url-conventions.doc HTML:  http://docs.oasis-open.org/odata/odata/v4.0/cs02/part2-url-conventions/odata-v4.0-cs02-part2-url-conventions.html PDF: http://docs.oasis-open.org/odata/odata/v4.0/cs02/part2-url-conventions/odata-v4.0-cs02-part2-url-conventions.pdf -- Part 3: Common Schema Definition Language (CSDL) Committee Specification 02 17 November 2013 Editable Source (Authoritative):  http://docs.oasis-open.org/odata/odata/v4.0/cs02/part3-csdl/odata-v4.0-cs02-part3-csdl.doc HTML:  http://docs.oasis-open.org/odata/odata/v4.0/cs02/part3-csdl/odata-v4.0-cs02-part3-csdl.html PDF:  http://docs.oasis-open.org/odata/odata/v4.0/cs02/part3-csdl/odata-v4.0-cs02-part3-csdl.pdf -- Additional artifacts ABNF Construction Rules Test Cases:  http://docs.oasis-open.org/odata/odata/v4.0/cs02/abnf/ Vocabulary components:  http://docs.oasis-open.org/odata/odata/v4.0/cs02/vocabularies/ XML schemas:  http://docs.oasis-open.org/odata/odata/v4.0/cs02/schemas/ Metadata Service Entity Model: http://docs.oasis-open.org/odata/odata/v4.0/cs02/models/MetadataService.edmx Distribution ZIP file For your convenience, OASIS provides a complete package of the prose specifications and related files in a ZIP distribution file. You can download the ZIP files here: http://docs.oasis-open.org/odata/odata/v4.0/cs02/odata-v4.0-cs02.zip - OData Atom Format Version 4.0 Committee Specification 02 17 November 2013 Editable Source (Authoritative):  http://docs.oasis-open.org/odata/odata-atom-format/v4.0/cs02/odata-atom-format-v4.0-cs02.doc   HTML: http://docs.oasis-open.org/odata/odata-atom-format/v4.0/cs02/odata-atom-format-v4.0-cs02.html PDF:  http://docs.oasis-open.org/odata/odata-atom-format/v4.0/cs02/odata-atom-format-v4.0-cs02.pdf XML Schema:  http://docs.oasis-open.org/odata/odata-atom-format/v4.0/cs02/schemas/ Distribution ZIP file: http://docs.oasis-open.org/odata/odata-atom-format/v4.0/cs02/odata-atom-format-v4.0-cs02.zip - OData JSON Format Version 4.0 Committee Specification 02 17 November 2013 Editable Source (Authoritative):  http://docs.oasis-open.org/odata/odata-json-format/v4.0/cs02/odata-json-format-v4.0-cs02.doc   HTML:  http://docs.oasis-open.org/odata/odata-json-format/v4.0/cs02/odata-json-format-v4.0-cs02.html PDF:  http://docs.oasis-open.org/odata/odata-json-format/v4.0/cs02/odata-json-format-v4.0-cs02.pdf Distribution ZIP file: http://docs.oasis-open.org/odata/odata-json-format/v4.0/cs02/odata-json-format-v4.0-cs02.zip Members of the OASIS Open Data Protocol (OData) TC [1] requested Special Majority Votes to approve these Committee Specifications. The specifications had been released for public review as required by the TC Process [2]. The vote to approve as a Committee Specifications passed [3], and the approved CS02s are now available online in the OASIS Library as referenced above. Our congratulations to the TC on achieving this milestone.  ========== Additional references: [1] OASIS Open Data Protocol (OData) TC http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/odata/ [2] Public reviews:  - 15-day public review, 17 October 2013: https://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/201310/msg00007.html   Public review comment resolution log:    http://docs.oasis-open.org/odata/odata/v4.0/csprd03/odata-v4.0-csprd03-CommentResolutionLog.html - 15-day public review 08 July 2013:  https://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/odata/201307/msg00019.html   Public review comment resolution log:    http://docs.oasis-open.org/odata/odata/v4.0/csprd02/odata-v4.0-csprd02-CommentResolutionLog.xls - 30-day public review 02 May 2013: https://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/201305/msg00002.html   Public review comment resolution log:    http://docs.oasis-open.org/odata/odata/v4.0/csprd01/odata-v4.0-csprd01-CommentResolutionLog.xls [3] Approval ballots: OData Version 4.0   https://www.oasis-open.org/committees/ballot.php?id=2535 OData Atom Format Version 4.0  https://www.oasis-open.org/committees/ballot.php?id=2536 OData JSON Format Version 4.0  https://www.oasis-open.org/committees/ballot.php?id=2537 -- /chet  ---------------- Chet Ensign Director of Standards Development and TC Administration  OASIS: Advancing open standards for the information society http://www.oasis-open.org Primary: +1 973-996-2298 Mobile: +1 201-341-1393  Check your work using the Support Request Submission Checklist at  http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/download.php/47248/tc-admin-submission-checklist.html   TC Administration information and support is available at http://www.oasis-open.org/resources/tcadmin Follow OASIS on: LinkedIn:     http://linkd.in/OASISopen Twitter:         http://twitter.com/OASISopen Facebook:   http://facebook.com/oasis.open