Developing Service-Oriented AJAX Applications on the Microsoft® Platform

Case Study: Introducing the Knowledge Base Reference Application

Throughout the rest of this book, I’ll use a knowledge base application to demonstrate service design principles and AJAX architecture patterns. A knowledge base is simply a specialized database application used for knowledge management. In this chapter, I’ll describe a generic knowledge base service application that’s not tied to a specific end-user application. Access to the knowledge base is enabled through a service-oriented WCF application. When discussing WCF, I’ll use the case study as a reference application for building AJAX-friendly services. In later chapters, I’ll demonstrate how to develop AJAX components based on the services built in the first few chapters.

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