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[Title] Known Types in Config [Category] Data Contracts [Last Updated] 9/7/2006 [Description] 
While you typically apply the KnownType attribute at design time to allow sub classes of your data contract, this is of no use when the client passes in a new sub type later on. You can compensate for that by including the known type information in the config file, as shown in the download.
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