Rich Internet Application Archetype or Web Application Archetype

Given the 2 Archetype name above (and describe from msdn) how do you call classify an MVC application using knock开发者_如何学运维outjs to generate the UI?

Do you call classify it as a RIA or a WA?

Would you still use ASP.NET MVC with knockoutjs or would you use a different pattern for the server side layer?

Call it what you want....

"What's in a name? That which we call a rose
By any other name would smell as sweet."
                              William Shakespeare

If you look at the application architecture diagrams, the RIA application uses a browser plugin (so Flash or Silverlight) to deliver a "rich" user interface where the Web Applciation does not. So to answer your question according to the link you provided, an MVC application with a javascript library is a Web Application.

However, it is possible to create rich UI using javascript these days so the distinction is less clear.