Written for enterprise architects familiar with Silverlight and .NET Framework 3.5, this guide demonstrates the enterprise capabilities of Silverlight for developing service-oriented rich internet applications (RIAs). The author, who founded Technology Opinion LLC, discusses the seven principles of a service-oriented architecture, modular and decoupled design, reusable custom controls, LINQ and WCF services, Deep Zoom and VSM Silverlight features, cross-domain deployment, and mobile applications. Annotation ©2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)