The NPersist Framework is a Free, Open Source (LGPL) .NET O/R Mapping Persistence framework capable of persisting standard .NET Objects (POCO Persistence) to one or several relational databases using Object/Relational mapping information provided in an XML file.
NPersist is implemented in C# but supports persisting .NET objects implemented in any .NET language (C#, VB.NET, J#, etc). NPersist requires .NET v1.1 or higher. Supported databases: MS SQL Server, MS Access. The NPersist official website is http://www.npersist.com. NPersist was originally developed by Mats Helander and is now developed by Mats Helander and Roger Johansson.
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