open data access (ODA)

A technology that handles communication between a data source and an application. ODA provides interfaces for creating data drivers to establish connections, access metadata, and execute queries to retrieve data. ODA also provides interfaces to integrate query builder tools within an application designer tool. The Eclipse Data Tools Project plug-ins provide ODA to Actuate BIRT technology. BIRT iHub System and the Information Object Design perspective can use Eclipse plug-ins to implement ODA capability.