MDAC 2.5 SDK - OLE DB Programmer's Reference
Chapter 20: OLE DB Core Components
The Core Components are the essential elements of OLE DB. The following topics in this section describe each component as well as various interfaces that can be used in the Data Link API:
Connection Strings and Data Links
This section also includes a discussion of the Connection String Syntax, which sets the rules for constructing connection strings.
Provider Extensible Data Link User Interface API
The Root Binder Object, also an OLE DB core component, is discussed in Chapter 8.