The Cisco AJAX XMPP Library (CAXL) is a JavaScript XMPP client library that allows you to integrate instant messaging, availability and roster management services from Cisco Unified Presence to your web-based application.

CAXL is an object-oriented, client-side library which communicates to a BOSH server component. BOSH (Bidirectional-streams Over Synchronous HTTP) technology is used as a HTTP binding for XMPP communications that is useful in situations where a device or client is unable to maintain a long-lived TCP connection to an XMPP server e.g. in a web browser.

• AJAX Advantages

  1. Web browser UI appears more interactive and responsive

  2. Reduction in connections to the server

  3. State can be maintained throughout a web site
      

• AJAX Applications

  1. Embed presence and messaging into web applications or portals

     1. Collaboration and project management tools

     2. Customer Service portals

     3. Corporate Directories

  2. Build a web-based instant messaging (IM) and presence client
      

• Developer Benefits

  1. Jump start for developers writing clients and/or XMPP-enabled applications from scratch

  2. Promote reuse of code that's already written, tested, deployed

  3. Results in faster development time and improved code quality