Which OData Provider to use

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I have successfully used the WCF Data Services Toolkit in the past, but I realize that it might be a dead project (last modification on Codeplex was May 2011).

The successor seems to be the Microsoft ASP.NET Web API OData provider which is being developed as part of the broader Web API effort.

I need to expose a custom OData service as part of a SharePoint solution, so easy packaging inside a WSP would be preferable. I have tried to expose the WCF DST but haven't succeeded yet.

Is the Web API OData provider ready for production use (in a few months time)?

Any pointers to resources that show how to install a Web API OData endpoint as part of a SharePoint WSP?

Note: SharePoint 2010 (our current production target) is built in .NET 3.5 which might prevent Web API from being used.

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Just a note: WCF Data Services is not dead; that toolkit hasn't been updated in a while, but WCF DS itself is shipping regularly via NuGet – Jen S

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Definitely Microsoft ASP.NET Web API OData - it's currently at RC on Nuget, but you can grab the latest bits off the nightly build feed - the nightly builds already contain a much more mature version.

The Nuget nightly build feed is http://www.myget.org/F/aspnetwebstacknightly/

The official release will ship soon - (no exact date set yet) but the team is targeting mid-February.