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The OpenAjax Alliance Announces New Initiatives for Secure Mashups and Mobile Ajax
The industry consortium on Ajax development further commits to security and announces interoperability awards
SANTA CLARA, CA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- September ??, 2007 -- OpenAjax Alliance, an organization dedicated to the successful adoption of open and interoperable Ajax-based Web technologies, today revealed new initiatives for secure mashups and mobile Ajax, as well as a new white paper on Ajax security.
Ajax is the technology behind the increasingly popular “mashup,” a website or application that combines content from more than one source into an integrated experience. As Ajax and mashups continue to gain acceptance under the Web 2.0 umbrella, it is critical for organizations to understand these threats and to avoid them by adhering to some best practices.
The alliance has released a new white paper entitled "Ajax and Mashup Security," which summarizes the ways in which Ajax applications could be attacked and provides a set of best practice techniques to address each of the vulnerability areas. Available at www.openajax.org, the white paper represents the collaborative efforts of Ajax security experts from multiple companies and was a joint effort of the OpenAjax Alliance Security committee and the Marketing Working Group.
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In addition to a strong focus on security, the OpenAjax Alliance is holding InteropFest 1.0 , which is the final integration testing phase of OpenAjax Hub 1.0. OpenAjax Hub is a small JavaScript library that allows multiple Ajax toolkits to work together on the same page. The central feature is a publish/subscribe event manager, which enables loose assembly and integration of Ajax components. OpenAjax Alliance will deliver to the industry both an open specification and a reference open source implementation.. Standards are the key to interoperability and allow the true possibilities of Ajax and Web 2.0 to be realized.
Simultaneous with finalization activities on OpenAjax Hub 1.0, the alliance has begun work on OpenAjax Hub 1.1, which will extend OpenAjax Hub to add support for secure mashups and to enable mediated Comet-style client-server messaging. As with OpenAjax Hub 1.1, the alliance will deliver both a specification and a commercial-quality open source reference implementation. The secure mashup features of OpenAjax Hub 1.1 will isolate mashup components in secure "sandboxes" and use the OpenAjax Hub's publish/subscribe features to achieve mediated cross-component messaging.
The alliance has also launched its new Mobile Ajax committee, which will focus on both educational materials and technical standards. As part of its Mobile Ajax efforts, OpenAjax Alliance is co-sponsoring a Workshop on Mobile Ajax on Friday September 28 in partnership with the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C).
"In its first year of existence, the organization has a remarkable record of achievement on key issues facing the Ajax industry," said David Boloker, OpenAjax Alliance Steering Committee Chairman. "OpenAjax Hub 1.0 and the InteropFest are key achievements towards driving cross-vendor interoperability. The new white paper on Ajax security issues is an important educational milestone. The next year promises other advances, including white papers, technical standards and open source across multiple issues including Ajax IDEs, secure mashups, client-server communications, and mobile Ajax."
Also a part of InteropFest 1.0, interoperability certificates will be awarded to the following member organizations for their participation in OpenAjax InteropFest 1.0: Apache XAP, Dojo Foundation, ILOG, IT Mill, Lightstreamer, Microsoft, Nexaweb, OpenLink Software, Open Spot, Software AG, and TIBCO. The interoperability event requires integration of an organization's Ajax toolkit with the OpenAjax Hub and at least one other Ajax component, where cross-component messaging is accomplished using the OpenAjax Hub.
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About OpenAjax Alliance
The OpenAjax Alliance is an organization of leading vendors, open source projects, and companies using Ajax that are dedicated to the successful adoption of open and interoperable Ajax-based Web technologies. The prime objective of the group is to accelerate customer success with Ajax by promoting a customer's ability to mix and match solutions from Ajax technology providers and to help drive the future of the Ajax ecosystem. To learn more about OpenAjax Alliance, please visit: www.openajax.org All product and company names herein may be trademarks of their respective owners.
