<s>
Meta	B-General_Concept
Data	I-General_Concept
Services	I-General_Concept
was	O
an	O
object-oriented	B-Language
repository	B-Protocol
technology	O
that	O
could	O
be	O
integrated	O
with	O
enterprise	B-General_Concept
information	I-General_Concept
systems	I-General_Concept
or	O
with	O
applications	O
that	O
process	O
metadata	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Meta	B-General_Concept
Data	I-General_Concept
Services	I-General_Concept
was	O
originally	O
named	O
the	O
Microsoft	O
Repository	B-Protocol
and	O
was	O
delivered	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
Visual	B-Language
Basic	I-Language
5	I-Language
in	O
1997	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
intent	O
was	O
to	O
provide	O
an	O
extensible	O
programmatic	O
interface	O
via	O
Microsoft	O
's	O
OLE	B-Application
automation	I-Application
to	O
metadata	O
describing	O
software	O
artifacts	O
and	O
to	O
facilitate	O
metadata	O
interchange	O
between	O
software	O
tools	O
from	O
multiple	O
vendors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Repository	B-Protocol
became	O
part	O
of	O
SQL	O
Server	O
7	O
and	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
SQL	O
Server	O
tools	O
took	O
dependencies	O
on	O
the	O
Repository	B-Protocol
,	O
especially	O
the	O
OLAP	B-Application
features	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1998	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
joined	O
the	O
and	O
transferred	O
management	O
of	O
the	O
underlying	O
Open	O
Information	O
Model	O
(	O
OIM	O
)	O
of	O
the	O
Repository	B-Protocol
to	O
the	O
standards	O
body	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Repository	B-Protocol
was	O
renamed	O
Meta	B-General_Concept
Data	I-General_Concept
Services	I-General_Concept
with	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
SQL	O
Server	O
2000	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Support	O
for	O
Meta	B-General_Concept
Data	I-General_Concept
Services	I-General_Concept
was	O
withdrawn	O
from	O
support	O
with	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
SQL	O
Server	O
2005	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
number	O
of	O
Microsoft	O
technologies	O
used	O
Meta	B-General_Concept
Data	I-General_Concept
Services	I-General_Concept
as	O
a	O
native	O
store	O
for	O
object	O
definitions	O
or	O
as	O
a	O
platform	O
for	O
deploying	O
metadata	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
of	O
the	O
ways	O
in	O
which	O
Microsoft	O
SQL	O
Server	O
2000	O
used	O
Meta	B-General_Concept
Data	I-General_Concept
Services	I-General_Concept
was	O
to	O
store	O
versioned	O
DTS	B-General_Concept
Packages	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Visual	I-Application
Studio	I-Application
Meta	B-General_Concept
Data	I-General_Concept
Services	I-General_Concept
supported	O
the	O
exchange	O
of	O
model	O
data	O
with	O
other	O
development	O
tools	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Users	O
could	O
use	O
Meta	B-General_Concept
Data	I-General_Concept
Services	I-General_Concept
for	O
their	O
own	O
purposes	O
:	O
as	O
a	O
component	O
of	O
an	O
integrated	O
information	O
system	O
,	O
as	O
a	O
native	O
store	O
for	O
custom	O
applications	O
that	O
process	O
metadata	O
,	O
or	O
as	O
a	O
storage	O
and	O
management	O
service	O
for	O
sharing	O
reusable	O
models	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Users	O
could	O
also	O
extend	O
Meta	B-General_Concept
Data	I-General_Concept
Services	I-General_Concept
to	O
provide	O
support	O
for	O
new	O
tools	O
for	O
resale	O
or	O
customize	O
it	O
to	O
satisfy	O
internal	O
tool	O
requirements	O
.	O
</s>
