ASP.NET 5 supports OWIN, the Open Web Interface for .NET, which allows web applications to be decoupled from web servers. In addition, OWIN defines a standard way for middleware to be used in a pipeline to handle individual requests and associated responses. ASP.NET 5 applications and middleware can interoperate with OWIN-based applications and middleware.
In this article:
-`Running OWIN middleware in the ASP.NET pipeline`_
-`Using ASP.NET Hosting on an OWIN-based server`_
-`Using ASP.NET middleware in an OWIN pipeline`_
-`OWIN keys and ASP.NET OWIN adapters`_
`Browse or download samples on GitHub <https://github.com/aspnet/Docs/tree/master/docs/fundamentals/owin/sample>`_.
ASP.NET 5's OWIN support is deployed as part of the HttpAbstractions package, in the Microsoft.AspNet.Owin project. You can import OWIN support into your project by adding this package as a dependency in your ``project.json`` file, as shown here:
