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&• It will be a web-based application with both a browser-based front end and a SOAP web service interface. The browser interface must be compatible with all major browsers (IE, Firefox, Opera, Safari).
&• It will require persistent storage of data. It will not require integration with external systems or data sources.
&• It will neither be a web shop (or other highly standard type of application, say, static-content management) nor something entirely exotic and unprecedented. The task will be chosen such as to make reuse of large portions of existing systems unlikely, but reuse of smaller pieces possible.
&• In order to allow for a broad assessment of a platform's characteristics, the task will not be a create-read-update-delete database application only, but will involve other aspects as well. Such things might be for example algorithmic processing, data-driven graphics, audio handling, etc. The complexity of these requirements will be modest, so that they can be solved without specialist knowledge.