title: Entity Framework Connection String Definition
body: <p>I was just wondering that, what is <strong>Entity Framework Connection String</strong> really mean?
  Like:  </p>
  
  <p><code>metadata=res://*/Models.Model1.csdl|res://*/Models.Model1.ssdl|res://*/Models.Model1.msl;provider=System.Data.SqlClient;provider connection string="data source=testSource;initial catalog=CatalogName;user id=sa;password=***********;multipleactiveresultsets=True;application name=EntityFramework"</code>  </p>
  
  <p>I am aware of <strong>provider=System.Data.SqlClient; provider connection string="data source=testSource; initial catalog=CatalogName; user id=sa; password=**</strong></p>
  
  <p>Can anyone tell me what does string <code>metadata=res://*/Models.Model1.csdl|res://*/Models.Model1.ssdl|res://*/Models.Model1.msl;</code>
   mean?</p>
  
  <p>And, one more thing i need to confirm, if i want to edit in the Entity Connection String, can i do it?</p>