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October 27, 2007
AJAX and W3C progress
For all the popularity behind AJAX, much of its functionality is fragmented across browsers mainly on account of its organically grown root's inside Microsoft, with other browser makers rushing to support it in whatever form possible. However, the main body behind web standards -- the W3C -- has also gotten itself involved in setting the direction behind one of AJAX's core pieces, having recently published a working draft on XmlHttpRequest .
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XmlHttpRequest is central to bringing AJAX applications to life, since its what allows a browser to perform the actual out-of-band calls. Here is the latest working draft from the W3C on precisely this subject : The XMLHttpRequest Object - W3C Working Draft 26 October 2007 .
This development and its evolution are interesting, mainly because it will provide a future road-map for AJAX, in much the same way the W3C has provided guidance for other web standards like HTML, as well as provide intersecting work related to other web standards meshing well with AJAX.
Granted, some tech companies are notorious for creating products or applications beyond what is recommended by standard bodies like W3C, it will create an official point of reference for such an important AJAX piece, which can greatly serve companies developing products and applications around AJAX.
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Posted by Daniel at October 27, 2007 12:10 AM
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