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            <h1 class="text-center">OData - the best way to REST</h1>
            <p class="text-center">An <strong>open protocol</strong> to allow the creation and consumption of <strong>queryable</strong> and <strong>interoperable RESTful APIs</strong> in a <strong>simple</strong> and <strong>standard</strong> way.</p>
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            <h3 class="text-center theme-font">For developers</h3>
            <p class="text-center"><a href="http://www.odata.org/getting-started/">Tutorials</a>, <a href="http://www.odata.org/libraries/">libraries</a>, and everything else you need to build your first OData API today</p>
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            <h3 class="text-center theme-font">For business decision makers</h3>
            <p class="text-center">Start realizing the benefits OData can bring to your business from the OData <a href="http://www.odata.org/ecosystem/">ecosystem</a></p>
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            <h3 class="text-center theme-font">For RESTful API advocates</h3>
            <p class="text-center"><a href="https://www.oasis-open.org/committees/tc_home.php?wg_abbrev=odata" target="_blank">OASIS approved </a>industry standard based on best practices of building RESTful APIs</p>
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            <h3>Participate</h3>
            <p class="text-justify">Participate or follow the standardization technical committee progress at OASIS.</p>
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            <h3>Contribute to OData.org</h3>
            <p class="text-justify">Share your ideas, tools and any other information related to OData on OData.org.</p>
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