Loosely Coupled glossaryDefinitions of terms and concepts in web services and process automationMVC- July 26, 2006 (Model View Controller) A design pattern used in services architectures. MVC expresses the separation of a software architecture into three distinct elements. The 'Model' is how the underlying data is structured. The 'View' is what is presented to the user or consumer. The 'Controller' is the element that performs the processing. Separating these three elements makes it easier to achieve loose coupling, because it makes it possible for the controller to work with multiple different Model and...http://looselycoupled.com/glossary/MVC RIA- July 26, 2006 (Rich Internet Application) Fully featured software package that runs in a browser. Early generations of Internet-hosted, browser-based applications were notoriously basic compared to equivalent software that ran on a Windows or Mac desktop. This led to the evolution of RIA platforms (also known as rich client platforms), which boost the core functionality of the basic browser by temporarily downloading extra software to the client. This makes it possible to develop applications with the look...http://looselycoupled.com/glossary/RIA |