Found 2 records for the .ODL file extension name
There are 1 other file type using the ODL file extension:
.odl - Visual C++ type library source
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.file extension ODL - Object Definition Language file
File extension ODL description:
Object Library Source for OLE applications.
Object Definition Language (ODL) is the specification language defining the interface to object types conforming to the ODMG Object Model. Often abbreviated by the acronym ODL.
The Object Data Management Group (ODMG) was conceived in the summer of 1991 at a breakfast with object database vendors that was organized by Rick Cattell of Sun Microsystems. In 1998, the ODMG changed its name from the Object Database Management Group to reflect the expansion of its efforts to include specifications for both object database and object-relational mapping products.
The primary goal of the ODMG was to put forward a set of specifications that allowed a developer to write portable applications for object database and object-relational mapping products. In order to do that, the data schema, programming language bindings, and data manipulation and query languages needed to be portable.