Developing Service-Oriented AJAX Applications on the Microsoft® Platform

Introducing WCF Syndication Services

Syndication is a mechanism by which applications publish their data in a standardized XML format. By publishing in a standardized feed format, a server application enables remote clients to access your data streams through loosely connected channels, and the data can take on a life of its own in the remote system. Syndicated content is defined by items in a syndicated feed. Remote clients can subscribe to a remote feed and store the data locally, often aggregated with multiple feeds. This enables loosely coupled integration across all sorts of applications and platforms. With syndicated feeds, your data is no longer restricted to your application or even to clients of your application—it can take on a life ...