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OData Extension for Temporal Data v4.0 from OData TC approved as a Committee Specification

Extension for Temporal Data is ready for testing and implementation

OASIS is pleased to announce that OData Extension for Temporal Data Version 4.0 from the OASIS Open Data Protocol (OData) TC [1] has been approved as an OASIS Committee Specification.

This specification defines how to represent and interact with time-dependent data using the Open Data Protocol (OData). It defines semantics and a representation for temporal data, including operations for querying and modifying temporal data along with vocabulary terms to annotate which data depends on time, and how.

This Committee Specification is an OASIS deliverable, completed and approved by the TC and fully ready for testing and implementation.

The documents and related files are available here:

OData Extension for Temporal Data Version 4.0
Committee Specification 01
25 January 2022

Editable source (Authoritative):
https://docs.oasis-open.org/odata/odata-temporal-ext/v4.0/cs01/odata-temporal-ext-v4.0-cs01.docx
HTML:
https://docs.oasis-open.org/odata/odata-temporal-ext/v4.0/cs01/odata-temporal-ext-v4.0-cs01.html
PDF:
https://docs.oasis-open.org/odata/odata-temporal-ext/v4.0/cs01/odata-temporal-ext-v4.0-cs01.pdf
PDF marked with changes since previous public review:
https://docs.oasis-open.org/odata/odata-temporal-ext/v4.0/cs01/odata-temporal-ext-v4.0-cs01-DIFF.pdf

OData Temporal ABNF Construction Rules Version 4.0:
https://docs.oasis-open.org/odata/odata-temporal-ext/v4.0/cs01/abnf/odata-temporal-abnf.txt
OData Temporal ABNF Test Cases:
https://docs.oasis-open.org/odata/odata-temporal-ext/v4.0/cs01/abnf/odata-temporal-testcases.yaml
OData Temporal Vocabulary:
https://docs.oasis-open.org/odata/odata-temporal-ext/v4.0/cs01/vocabularies/Org.OData.Temporal.V1.xml

For your convenience, OASIS provides a complete package of the specification document and any related files in a ZIP distribution file. You can download the ZIP file at:
https://docs.oasis-open.org/odata/odata-temporal-ext/v4.0/cs01/odata-temporal-ext-v4.0-cs01.zip

Members of the OData TC [1] approved this specification by Special Majority Vote. The specification had been released for public review as required by the TC Process [2]. The vote to approve as a Committee Specification passed [3], and the document is now available online in the OASIS Library as referenced above.

Our congratulations to the TC on achieving this milestone and our thanks to the reviewers who provided feedback on the specification drafts to help improve the quality of the work.

Additional references:

[1] OASIS Open Data Protocol (OData) TC
https://www.oasis-open.org/committees/odata/

[2] Public reviews:
– Public review metadata record:
https://docs.oasis-open.org/odata/odata-temporal-ext/v4.0/csd03/odata-temporal-ext-v4.0-csd03-public-review-metadata.html
– Most recent comment resolution log:
https://docs.oasis-open.org/odata/odata-temporal-ext/v4.0/csd03/odata-temporal-ext-v4.0-csd03-comment-resolution-log.xlsx

[3] Approval ballot:
https://www.oasis-open.org/committees/ballot.php?id=3684