Object Description Language

Object Description Language (ODL) was the original interface definition language created by Microsoft for specifying interfaces to be used in OLE Automation. It was a superset of the OMG IDL.^[1][2][3][4]

Microsoft provided a utility mktyplib to compile ODL files.^[5]

The ODL was merged into the Microsoft Interface Definition Language.

References

1. W. Gregory Wojtkowski (1997). Systems development methods for the next century. p. 19.
2. Wita Wojtkowski (1999). Systems development methods for databases, enterprise modeling, and workflow. p. 92.
3. Guy Eddon; Henry Eddon (1997). Active Visual Basic 5.0. Microsoft Press. p. 106. ISBN 1-57231-512-1.
4. Rick Bitter; Taqi Mohiuddin; Matt Nawrocki (2001). LabVIEW advanced programming techniques. CRC Press. p. 256. ISBN 0-8493-2049-6.
5. Adam Denning (1997). ActiveX controls inside out (2 ed.). Microsoft Press. p. 43. ISBN 1-57231-350-1.