System and method for web-based imaging services within a client-based application

A computer storage medium, the computer storage medium not being a signal, containing a data structure for defining a server-based imaging feature, comprising:

• a registry comprising at least one name-value pair set including configuration parameters for a corresponding server-based imaging feature, the server-based imaging feature comprising functionality provided by one or more servers to the client-based digital imaging application,
• wherein the registry is configured to be updated by receiving one or more new name-value pair sets defining one or more new server-based imaging features, each of the one or more new server-based imaging features comprising functionality provided by one or more servers to the client-based digital imaging application.

A computer-implemented method for providing server-based features to a client-based digital imaging application, comprising:

• providing to a client one or more name-value pair sets that define one or more server-based imaging features including configuration parameters for each server-based imaging feature, wherein each server-based imaging feature comprises functionality provided by a server to the client-based digital imaging application, and wherein the client stores the one or more name-value pair sets in a registry on the client, and further wherein when the client-based digital imaging application is launched, the one or more server-based imaging features are added to a current list of server-based imaging features available to a user.