<s>
The	O
OpenAjax	B-General_Concept
Alliance	I-General_Concept
is	O
an	O
industry	O
group	O
devoted	O
to	O
the	O
set	O
of	O
technologies	O
and	O
Web	O
programming	O
techniques	O
known	O
as	O
Ajax	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
OpenAjax	B-General_Concept
Alliance	I-General_Concept
membership	O
consists	O
of	O
vendors	O
,	O
open	O
source	O
projects	O
,	O
and	O
companies	O
using	O
Ajax	B-General_Concept
who	O
work	O
with	O
Ajax-based	O
Web	O
technologies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
organization	O
was	O
formed	O
by	O
Ajax	B-General_Concept
companies	O
and	O
open	O
source	O
projects	O
to	O
address	O
issues	O
that	O
require	O
coordination	O
among	O
the	O
many	O
organizations	O
that	O
create	O
and/or	O
use	O
Ajax	B-General_Concept
products	O
and	O
technologies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
organization	O
's	O
target	O
customer	O
is	O
the	O
Web	O
developer	O
or	O
IT	O
professional	O
who	O
wants	O
to	O
use	O
Ajax	B-General_Concept
technologies	O
to	O
deliver	O
Web	O
applications	O
with	O
rich	O
user	O
interfaces	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
alliance	O
's	O
technical	O
focus	O
is	O
interoperability	O
across	O
Ajax	B-General_Concept
products	O
and	O
technologies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Interoperability	O
enables	O
customers	O
to	O
integrate	O
Ajax	B-General_Concept
technologies	O
from	O
different	O
Ajax	B-General_Concept
technology	O
providers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
OpenAjax	B-General_Concept
Alliance	I-General_Concept
engages	O
in	O
educational	O
and	O
communications	O
activities	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Web	O
pages	O
and	O
white	O
papers	O
posted	O
on	O
its	O
Web	O
site	O
,	O
a	O
wiki	O
,	O
email	O
lists	O
,	O
and	O
press	O
releases	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
late	O
2005	O
,	O
with	O
leadership	O
from	O
IBM	O
,	O
companies	O
brainstormed	O
about	O
how	O
to	O
ensure	O
that	O
Ajax	B-General_Concept
fulfills	O
its	O
potential	O
as	O
the	O
industry	O
standard	O
application	O
platform	O
based	O
on	O
open	O
technologies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
early	O
discussions	O
came	O
to	O
a	O
climax	O
on	O
Feb	O
.	O
1	O
,	O
2006	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
announcement	O
of	O
the	O
"	O
OpenAjax	B-General_Concept
Initiative	O
"	O
,	O
whose	O
15	O
original	O
companies	O
included	O
BEA	O
,	O
Borland	O
,	O
the	O
Dojo	O
Foundation	O
,	O
Eclipse	O
Foundation	O
,	O
Google	O
,	O
IBM	O
,	O
Laszlo	O
Systems	O
,	O
Mozilla	O
Corporation	O
,	O
Novell	O
,	O
Openwave	O
Systems	O
,	O
Oracle	O
,	O
Red	O
Hat	O
,	O
Yahoo	O
,	O
Zend	O
and	O
Zimbra	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Between	O
February	O
1	O
and	O
May	O
15	O
,	O
2006	O
,	O
an	O
additional	O
15	O
organizations	O
joined	O
"	O
OpenAjax	B-General_Concept
"	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
(	O
then	O
)	O
30	O
companies	O
held	O
a	O
two-day	O
kickoff	O
meeting	O
in	O
San	O
Francisco	O
to	O
lay	O
out	O
the	O
blue-print	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
meeting	O
,	O
the	O
group	O
decided	O
to	O
establish	O
the	O
OpenAjax	B-General_Concept
Alliance	I-General_Concept
,	O
defined	O
its	O
mission	O
,	O
agreed	O
on	O
an	O
interim	O
organizational	O
process	O
,	O
and	O
established	O
its	O
activities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
technical	O
product	O
from	O
the	O
alliance	O
was	O
the	O
OpenAjax	B-General_Concept
Hub	O
,	O
with	O
a	O
draft	O
specification	O
and	O
reference	O
open	O
source	O
implementation	O
completed	O
by	O
December	O
2006	O
and	O
integrated	O
a	O
dozen	O
Ajax	B-General_Concept
toolkits	O
on	O
a	O
trial	O
basis	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
alliance	O
's	O
first	O
OpenAjax	B-General_Concept
InteropFest	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
May	O
2008	O
,	O
the	O
organization	O
has	O
100+	O
member	O
organizations	O
,	O
including	O
companies	O
such	O
as	O
IBM	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
,	O
Google	O
,	O
Adobe	O
,	O
and	O
Sun	O
,	O
along	O
with	O
Ajax	B-General_Concept
suppliers	O
such	O
as	O
Dojo	O
Foundation	O
,	O
Laszlo	O
Systems	O
,	O
Nexaweb	O
,	O
Tibco	O
and	O
Zimbra	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
small	O
number	O
of	O
individual	O
members	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2012	O
,	O
the	O
Open	B-General_Concept
Ajax	I-General_Concept
Alliance	I-General_Concept
formally	O
terminated	O
its	O
operations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
list	O
of	O
members	O
of	O
OpenAjax	B-General_Concept
Alliance	I-General_Concept
has	O
been	O
growing	O
steadily	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
the	O
list	O
of	O
members	O
,	O
refer	O
to	O
the	O
OpenAjax	B-General_Concept
Alliance	I-General_Concept
home	O
page	O
or	O
the	O
members	O
wiki	O
page	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
members	O
of	O
the	O
OpenAjax	B-General_Concept
Alliance	I-General_Concept
elect	O
representatives	O
from	O
seven	O
companies	O
to	O
positions	O
on	O
the	O
OpenAjax	B-General_Concept
Alliance	I-General_Concept
Steering	O
Committee	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Steering	O
Committee	O
manages	O
the	O
affairs	O
of	O
the	O
OpenAjax	B-General_Concept
Alliance	I-General_Concept
on	O
behalf	O
of	O
its	O
member	O
organizations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
formal	O
materials	O
produced	O
by	O
OpenAjax	B-General_Concept
Alliance	I-General_Concept
are	O
developed	O
within	O
Working	O
Groups	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Interoperability	O
Working	O
Group	O
is	O
responsible	O
for	O
technical	O
activities	O
in	O
the	O
area	O
of	O
Ajax	B-General_Concept
interoperability	O
,	O
with	O
a	O
focus	O
on	O
client-side	O
runtime	O
issues	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
key	O
products	O
coming	O
out	O
of	O
this	O
group	O
will	O
include	O
the	O
specifications	O
that	O
provide	O
the	O
detailed	O
definition	O
of	O
OpenAjax	B-General_Concept
Conformance	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
specification	O
for	O
the	O
OpenAjax	B-General_Concept
Hub	O
(	O
versions	O
1.0	O
and	O
1.1	O
)	O
and	O
management	O
of	O
the	O
OpenAjax	B-General_Concept
Registry	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Marketing	O
Working	O
Group	O
is	O
responsible	O
for	O
the	O
OpenAjax	B-General_Concept
Alliance	I-General_Concept
's	O
communications	O
,	O
educational	O
and	O
promotional	O
activities	O
,	O
promote	O
adoption	O
of	O
open	O
and	O
interoperable	O
Ajax-based	O
Web	O
technologies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
group	O
produces	O
the	O
alliance	O
's	O
white	O
papers	O
,	O
oversees	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
its	O
website	O
,	O
and	O
drives	O
the	O
strategy	O
,	O
high-level	O
definition	O
and	O
industry	O
rollout	O
of	O
the	O
term	O
OpenAjax	B-General_Concept
Conformance	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
IDE	O
Working	O
Group	O
develops	O
metadata	O
standards	O
that	O
are	O
planned	O
to	O
enable	O
arbitrary	O
Ajax	B-General_Concept
runtime	O
libraries	O
to	O
integrate	O
into	O
arbitrary	O
Ajax	B-General_Concept
developer	O
tools	O
(	O
i.e.	O
,	O
IDEs	B-Application
-	I-Application
integrated	I-Application
development	I-Application
environments	I-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
IDE	O
Working	O
Group	O
's	O
metadata	O
standard	O
,	O
OpenAjax	B-General_Concept
Metadata	O
Specification	O
,	O
is	O
also	O
intended	O
to	O
provide	O
an	O
industry	O
standard	O
for	O
mashup	O
widgets	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
metadata	O
standard	O
attempts	O
to	O
be	O
an	O
"	O
intermediary	O
"	O
standard	O
which	O
is	O
designed	O
to	O
align	O
closely	O
with	O
popular	O
proprietary	O
formats	O
so	O
that	O
it	O
is	O
possible	O
to	O
transcode	O
to	O
and	O
from	O
the	O
OpenAjax	B-General_Concept
format	O
,	O
and	O
therefore	O
it	O
is	O
not	O
necessary	O
that	O
everyone	O
in	O
the	O
industry	O
support	O
the	O
metadata	O
formats	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
OpenAjax	B-General_Concept
Alliance	I-General_Concept
establishes	O
task	O
forces	O
to	O
investigate	O
areas	O
of	O
new	O
activity	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Security	O
Task	O
Force	O
identifies	O
Ajax	B-General_Concept
security	O
issues	O
and	O
investigating	O
what	O
activities	O
should	O
be	O
pursued	O
by	O
the	O
alliance	O
,	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Gadgets	O
Task	O
Force	O
collaborates	O
with	O
the	O
IDE	O
Working	O
Group	O
to	O
ensure	O
that	O
OpenAjax	B-General_Concept
Metadata	O
Specification	O
addresses	O
the	O
needs	O
of	O
the	O
mashup	O
community	O
for	O
an	O
industry	O
standard	O
for	O
mashup	O
widgets	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Runtime	O
Advocacy	O
Task	O
Force	O
creates	O
via	O
an	O
open	O
wiki	O
that	O
plans	O
to	O
produce	O
a	O
prioritized	O
feature	O
request	O
list	O
from	O
the	O
Ajax	B-General_Concept
community	O
for	O
what	O
is	O
most	O
important	O
to	O
the	O
Ajax	B-General_Concept
industry	O
from	O
future	O
Web	O
browsers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
the	O
OpenAjax	B-General_Concept
Alliance	I-General_Concept
does	O
not	O
intend	O
to	O
become	O
a	O
formal	O
standards	O
body	O
,	O
the	O
alliance	O
does	O
engage	O
in	O
standards-related	O
activities	O
when	O
such	O
activities	O
appear	O
necessary	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
achieve	O
objectives	O
for	O
greater	O
interoperability	O
,	O
vendor	O
choice	O
and	O
promoting	O
innovation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
a	O
result	O
,	O
the	O
OpenAjax	B-General_Concept
Alliance	I-General_Concept
will	O
sometimes	O
develop	O
its	O
own	O
formal	O
specifications	O
and/or	O
open	O
source	O
to	O
fill	O
what	O
it	O
sees	O
as	O
critical	O
industry	O
gaps	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Members	O
of	O
the	O
OpenAjax	B-General_Concept
Alliance	I-General_Concept
may	O
participate	O
in	O
standards	O
activities	O
within	O
other	O
standards	O
bodies	O
and	O
open	O
source	O
projects	O
to	O
help	O
accelerate	O
the	O
coordinated	O
advancement	O
of	O
OpenAjax	B-General_Concept
technologies	O
and	O
products	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
cornerstone	O
of	O
OpenAjax	B-General_Concept
Alliance	I-General_Concept
activities	O
is	O
the	O
definition	O
of	O
OpenAjax	B-General_Concept
Conformance	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
OpenAjax	B-General_Concept
Conformance	O
is	O
shorthand	O
for	O
the	O
set	O
of	O
conformance	O
requirements	O
that	O
the	O
OpenAjax	B-General_Concept
Alliance	I-General_Concept
places	O
on	O
Ajax	B-General_Concept
technologies	O
,	O
products	O
and	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
using	O
Ajax	B-General_Concept
products	O
that	O
support	O
OpenAjax	B-General_Concept
Conformance	O
,	O
OpenAjax	B-General_Concept
claims	O
that	O
IT	O
managers	O
and	O
Web	O
developers	O
would	O
notice	O
the	O
following	O
benefits	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
be	O
OpenAjax	B-General_Concept
Conformant	O
,	O
an	O
Ajax	B-General_Concept
product	O
must	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
OpenAjax	B-General_Concept
hub	O
is	O
a	O
small	O
set	O
of	O
JavaScript	O
technologies	O
that	O
addresses	O
critical	O
Ajax	B-General_Concept
runtime	O
interoperability	O
requirements	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Version	O
1.0	O
of	O
the	O
OpenAjax	B-General_Concept
Hub	O
has	O
the	O
following	O
features	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
OpenAjax	B-General_Concept
Hub	O
2.0	O
is	O
planned	O
to	O
extend	O
the	O
publish/subscribe	O
features	O
to	O
support	O
secure	O
mashup	O
workflows	O
and	O
client-server	O
communications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Alliance	O
develops	O
the	O
OpenAjax	B-General_Concept
Hub	O
Specification	O
and	O
provides	O
an	O
open-source	O
reference	O
implementation	O
.	O
</s>
