ALE - Ajax Linking and Embedding

4 Apr 2006

ALE is Ajax Linking and Embedding. In the same way that OLE (Object Linking and Embedding) allows Windows applications to embed each other's content, ALE allows Ajax-based applications to embed and enable editing content from other applications.

Google has done some similar work in v2 of their maps API. I wonder how Microsoft plans to to handle embedding in Atlas? The ability to encapsulate functionality into controls in the ASP.NET environment would lend itself well to this.

Posted by John on Tuesday, April 4, 2006 at 9:04 AM

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