Quickview to my thoughts: WCF and SOA 1. Client User Interface Layer ASP.NET web application/windows forms based application/WPF or WPF/e(XBAP). User interface validation is built into this tier and mapped to the specific client UI form, or optionally inside a validation business rules assembly shared with the application server tier. 2. Service Agent Layer The Service Agent Layer is the proxy to Application Server components. Service Agent components manage the protocol and security details of the...
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