CSDL, SSDL and MSL sections in an EDMX file

• CSDL (Conceptual Schema definition language) is the conceptual abstraction which is exposed to the application.
• SSDL (Storage Schema Definition Language) defines the mapping with your RDBMS data structure.
• MSL (Mapping Schema Language) connects the CSDL and SSDL.

CSDL, SSDL and MSL are actually XML files.

 

What is pluralize and singularize in the Entity Framework?

“Pluralize” and “Singularize” give meaningful naming conventions to objects. In simple words it says do you want to represent your objects with the below naming convention:

• One Customer record means “Customer” (singular).
• Lot of customer records means “Customer’s” (plural, watch the “s”)