The DataConfigurationSection is used to control the internal connection strings used by the iCDR or the dCDR.
<section xsi:type="DataConfigurationSection">
<connectionStrings>
<add name="PSQL" value="server=localhost;port=5432; database=santedb; user id=postgres; password=postgres; pooling=true; MinPoolSize=5; MaxPoolSize=10; Timeout=60; " provider="Npgsql"/>
<add name="AUDIT" value="server=localhost;port=5432; database=santedb_audit; user id=postgres; password=postgres; pooling=true; MinPoolSize=5; MaxPoolSize=10; Timeout=60; " provider="Npgsql"/>
</connectionStrings>
</section>
SanteDB defines its own ADO.NET configuration to ensure portability of plugins across various platforms.