Index: src/main/webapp/application/engageConfig.json
===================================================================
--- src/main/webapp/application/engageConfig.json	(revision 9122)
+++ src/main/webapp/application/engageConfig.json	(working copy)
@@ -28,6 +28,14 @@
     "fluid.catalogueService.initBrowseCatalogueDataFeed",
     "fluid.engage.initImportService"
 ],
+services: {
+    "browse": {
+        "queryURLTemplate": "http://titan.atrc.utoronto.ca:5984/%db/_fti/lucene/%view?include_docs=true&q=%q",
+        "view": "by_collection_category",
+        "params": ["q", "db"],
+        "mapper": "mccord"
+    }
+},
 views: {
     all: "all",
     byCollectionCategory: "by_collection_category",
Index: src/main/webapp/kettle/KettleIncludes.json
===================================================================
--- src/main/webapp/kettle/KettleIncludes.json	(revision 9122)
+++ src/main/webapp/kettle/KettleIncludes.json	(working copy)
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
    "js/kettle.js",
    "js/servletJSGI.js",
    "../application/js/EngageApp.js",
+   "../services/utils/js/ServicesUtils.js",
    "../services/home/js/HomeService.js",
    "../services/artifactView/js/artifactView.js",
    "../services/exhibition/js/exhibition.js",
Index: src/main/webapp/services/browse/js/browse.js
===================================================================
--- src/main/webapp/services/browse/js/browse.js	(revision 9122)
+++ src/main/webapp/services/browse/js/browse.js	(working copy)
@@ -17,10 +17,6 @@
 fluid.browseDemo = fluid.browseDemo || {};
 
 (function ($) {
-	var compileDatabaseURL = function (params, config) {
-	    return fluid.stringTemplate(config.queryURLTemplate, 
-            {dbName: params.db || "", view: config.views.byCollectionCategory, query: params.q || ""});
-	};
 	
 	var compileTargetURL = function (URLBase, params) {
 	    return URLBase + "?" + $.param(params); 
@@ -39,8 +35,7 @@
 	                artifacts: []
 	            }
 	        ]
-	    };
-	    
+	    };	    
 	    // TODO: Address the issue here that we're hard baking the data feed to a single category
 	    model.categories[0].artifacts = fluid.transform(data, function (artifact) {
 	        return {
@@ -52,39 +47,10 @@
 	            title: artifact.linkTitle,
 	            description: artifact.linkDescription
 	        };
-	    });
-	    
+       });	    
 	    return model;
 	};
 	
-	var errorCallback = function (XMLHttpRequest, textStatus, errorThrown) {
-	    fluid.log("XMLHttpRequest: " + XMLHttpRequest);
-	    fluid.log("Status: " + textStatus);
-	    fluid.log("Error: " + errorThrown);
-	    return [500, {"Content-Type": "text/plain"}, errorThrown];
-	};
-	    
-	var ajaxCall = function (url, success, error) {
-	    $.ajax({
-            url: url,
-            dataType: "json",
-            asyn: false,
-            success: success,
-            error: error
-	    });
-	};
-	
-	var getAjax = function (url, error) {
-	    var data;
-	    var success = function (returnedData) {
-	        data = returnedData;
-	    };
-	    
-	    ajaxCall(url, success, error);
-	    
-	    return JSON.parse(data);
-	};
-	
 	var getArtifactData = function (rawData, database) {
 	    var dataRows = rawData.rows || [];
 	    return fluid.transform(dataRows, function (row) {
@@ -93,19 +59,18 @@
 	    });
 	};
 	
-	var getData = function (error, params, config) {
-	    var url = compileDatabaseURL(params, config);
-        var db = params.db;
-	    var rawData = getAjax(url, error);
-	    
-	    var dataSet = getArtifactData(rawData, db);
-	    
-	    return compileData(dataSet, db);
+	var provideHandlerService = function (env, config, reshapers) {
+		return fluid.servicesUtils.provideService("browse", config, env.urlState.params, reshapers);
 	};
 	
 	fluid.browseDemo.initBrowseDataFeed = function (config, app) {
+	    
 	    var browseDataHandler = function (env) {
-	        return [200, {"Content-Type": "text/plain"}, JSON.stringify(getData(errorCallback, env.urlState.params, config))];
+	    	var dataFeedResponse = provideHandlerService(env, config, [
+   		        getArtifactData, compileData
+   			]);
+	    	dataFeedResponse[2] = JSON.stringify(dataFeedResponse[2]); 
+	    	return dataFeedResponse;
 	    };
 	
 	    var acceptor = fluid.engage.makeAcceptorForResource("browse", "json", browseDataHandler);
@@ -137,9 +102,11 @@
 	    });
 	        
         handler.registerProducer("browse", function (context, env) {
-            var data = getData(errorCallback, context.urlState.params, config);
+            var response = provideHandlerService(context, config, [
+                getArtifactData, compileData, afterMap
+   			]);
             var options = {
-                model: afterMap(data)
+                model: response[2]
             };
 
             return {
Index: src/main/webapp/services/utils/js/ServicesUtils.js
===================================================================
--- src/main/webapp/services/utils/js/ServicesUtils.js	(revision 0)
+++ src/main/webapp/services/utils/js/ServicesUtils.js	(revision 0)
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2009-2010 University of Toronto
+
+Licensed under the Educational Community License (ECL), Version 2.0 or the New
+BSD license. You may not use this file except in compliance with one these
+Licenses.
+
+You may obtain a copy of the ECL 2.0 License and BSD License at
+https://source.fluidproject.org/svn/LICENSE.txt
+*/
+
+// Declare dependencies.
+/*global jQuery, fluid*/
+"use strict";
+
+fluid = fluid || {};
+fluid.servicesUtils = fluid.servicesUtils || {};
+
+(function ($) {
+	var ajaxCall = function (url, success, error) {
+	    $.ajax({
+            url: url,
+            dataType: "json",
+            asyn: false,
+            success: success,
+            error: error
+	    });
+	};
+	var getAjax = function (url) {
+	    var response;
+	    var success = function (returnedData) {
+	    	response = JSON.parse(returnedData);
+	    };
+	    var errorCallback = function (XMLHttpRequest, textStatus, errorThrown) {
+		    fluid.log("XMLHttpRequest: " + XMLHttpRequest);
+		    fluid.log("Status: " + textStatus);
+		    fluid.log("Error: " + errorThrown);
+		    response = [500, {"Content-Type": "text/plain"}, errorThrown];
+		};
+	    ajaxCall(url, success, errorCallback);	    
+	    return response;
+	};
+	var compileDatabaseURL = function (service, params, template) {
+		var opts = {
+			view: service.view
+		};
+		fluid.transform(service.params, function (param) {
+			opts[param] = params[param] || "";
+		});
+	    return fluid.stringTemplate(template, opts);
+	};
+	var reshapeData = function (data, reshapers, mapper) {
+		$.each(reshapers, function (index, reshaper) {
+			data = reshaper(data, mapper);
+		});
+		return data;
+	};
+	
+	fluid.servicesUtils.provideService = function (serviceName, config, params, reshapers) {
+		var service = config.services[serviceName];
+		var url = compileDatabaseURL(service, params, service.queryURLTemplate);
+		var data = getAjax(url);
+		if (data[0] && data[0] === 500) {
+			return data;
+		}
+		return [200, {"Content-Type": "text/plain"}, reshapeData(data, reshapers, service.mapper)];
+	};
+})(jQuery);
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