Entity Framework

E34642

.NET library data access technology object-relational mapper

Entity Framework is Microsoft's object-relational mapper (ORM) for .NET that enables developers to work with databases using .NET objects instead of writing most SQL code directly.

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All labels observed (9)

Label	Occurrences
Entity Framework canonical	5
Entity Framework Core	4
ORM	2
DbSet	1
Entity Data Model	1
Entity Framework 6	1
Entity Framework Core (for new .NET development)	1
Entity Framework Core documentation	1
Entity Framework data models	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	.NET library ⓘ data access technology ⓘ object-relational mapper ⓘ
componentOf	.NET data access stack ⓘ
developer	Microsoft ⓘ
documentationURL	https://learn.microsoft.com/ef ⓘ
feature	LINQ support ⓘ change tracking ⓘ code-first modeling ⓘ concurrency control ⓘ database schema generation ⓘ database-first modeling ⓘ eager loading ⓘ explicit loading ⓘ lazy loading ⓘ migrations ⓘ model-first modeling ⓘ navigation properties ⓘ query translation to SQL ⓘ relationship mapping ⓘ
initialReleaseYear	2008 ⓘ
license	Apache License 2.0 (for EF Core) ⓘ
platform	.NET Framework ⓘ surface form: .NET .NET Core ⓘ .NET Framework ⓘ
programmingLanguage	C# programming language ⓘ surface form: C#
purpose	data access abstraction ⓘ database access using .NET objects ⓘ object-relational mapping ⓘ
replacedBy	Entity Framework self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Entity Framework Core (for new .NET development)
replaces	most handwritten SQL in applications ⓘ
repositoryURL	https://github.com/dotnet/ef6 ⓘ https://github.com/dotnet/efcore ⓘ
supportsDatabase	Azure SQL Database ⓘ SQL Server ⓘ surface form: Microsoft SQL Server MySQL ⓘ surface form: MySQL (via providers) Oracle Database ⓘ surface form: Oracle (via providers) PostgreSQL ⓘ surface form: PostgreSQL (via providers) Express Edition ⓘ surface form: SQL Server Express SQLite ⓘ
supportsLanguage	C# ⓘ F# ⓘ Visual Basic .NET ⓘ surface form: VB.NET
supportsParadigm	code-first ⓘ database-first ⓘ model-first ⓘ
uses	DbContext ⓘ Entity Framework self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: DbSet LINQ ⓘ surface form: LINQ to Entities
version	Entity Framework self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Entity Framework 6 Entity Framework self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Entity Framework Core

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

.NET Framework → feature → Entity Framework ⓘ

ASP.NET → integratesWith → Entity Framework ⓘ

Entity Framework → uses → Entity Framework self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: DbSet

Entity Framework → replacedBy → Entity Framework self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Entity Framework Core (for new .NET development)

Entity Framework → version → Entity Framework self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Entity Framework 6

Entity Framework → version → Entity Framework self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Entity Framework Core

LINQ → supportsDataSource → Entity Framework ⓘ

this entity surface form: Entity Framework data models

.NET Core → supportsFramework → Entity Framework ⓘ

this entity surface form: Entity Framework Core

Flask-SQLAlchemy → hasTag → Entity Framework ⓘ

this entity surface form: ORM

CakePHP → supports → Entity Framework ⓘ

this entity surface form: ORM

Microsoft .NET documentation → topic → Entity Framework ⓘ

this entity surface form: Entity Framework Core

Microsoft .NET documentation → hasSection → Entity Framework ⓘ

this entity surface form: Entity Framework Core documentation

ADO.NET → relatedTo → Entity Framework ⓘ

OData → relatedTo → Entity Framework ⓘ

this entity surface form: Entity Data Model

.NET ecosystem → includesComponent → Entity Framework ⓘ

this entity surface form: Entity Framework Core

JetBrains Rider → supportsTechnology → Entity Framework ⓘ

dotTrace → supportsTechnology → Entity Framework ⓘ