Metification – verb The act of adding metadata to a web service in order to facilitate tooling and discovery. The act of adding complexity to a web service in order to achieve tight coupling. Pick one. Service Pack 1 for Visual Studio 2008 has just arrived with new features, including version 1.0 of ADO.NET Data Services (a.k.a Astoria). From the description (highlighting is mine): ADO.NET Data Services … consists of a combination of patterns and libraries that enables any data store to be exposed as a flexible data service, naturally integrating with the Web,...