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title: "Data"
ms.date: "03/30/2017"
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  - "WPF [WPF], data"
  - "Windows Presentation Foundation [WPF], data"
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# Data
Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) data binding provides a simple and consistent way for applications to present and interact with data. Elements can be bound to data from a variety of data sources in the form of common language runtime (CLR) objects and XML. Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) also provides a mechanism for the transfer of data through drag-and-drop operations.  
  
## In This Section  
 [Data Binding](data-binding-overview.md)  
 [Drag and Drop](../advanced/drag-and-drop.md)  
  
## Reference  
 <xref:System.Windows.Data>  
  
 <xref:System.Windows.Data.Binding>  
  
 <xref:System.Windows.DataTemplate>  
  
 <xref:System.Windows.Controls.DataTemplateSelector>  
  
## Related Sections  
 [Controls](../controls/index.md)  
  
 [Styling and Templating](../controls/styles-templates-overview.md)  
  
 [Data Binding](../advanced/optimizing-performance-data-binding.md)  
  
## See also

- [Walkthrough: My first WPF desktop application](../getting-started/walkthrough-my-first-wpf-desktop-application.md)
- [Walkthrough: Caching Application Data in a WPF Application](../advanced/walkthrough-caching-application-data-in-a-wpf-application.md)