I wish I could read German
Ralf Westphal has a download covering an Introduction to Object Relational Mapping using Versant Open Access along with sample code. The code is easy enough to read because its in a language I understand: C# and VB. But the slides are in German. The cool thing is if I stare at the words long enough they sometimes actually seem to make sense. I guess that's because English is really a Germanic language, at least before the Normands invaded England.
On a related note, why does it seem that Europeans are leading the U.S. developers in the area of Object Relational Mapping? Is is a historical thing or a cultural thing? Are all U.S developers under the spell of Microsoft?
Anyway, the code samples show how to use a Winform client calling a Web Service using an ObjectContainer. Great stuff.