Introduction to OData

Introduced by Microsoft, OData is a way to expose data through REST APIs. 

OData Consumers and Producers

OData Producers are services  that expose there data using OData protocol. Consumers are applications that consume data exposed by OData protocol.

https://devblogs.microsoft.com/odata/asp-net-core-odata-now-available/

OData with ASP.NET MVC

http://www.odata.org/blog/how-to-use-web-api-odata-to-build-an-odata-v4-service-without-entity-framework/

http://www.asp.net/web-api/overview/odata-support-in-aspnet-web-api/odata-v4/create-an-odata-v4-endpoint

Resources

http://www.software-architects.com/devblog/2014/09/12/10-OData-FAQs (MUST READ)

http://www.asp.net/web-api/overview/odata-support-in-aspnet-web-api

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPlFNsLTPJU

http://maheshgadgilsblog.blogspot.com/2013/02/odata-for-dummies.html

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/alexj/archive/2012/08/15/odata-support-in-asp-net-web-api.aspx