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The W3C Web API Working Group has released the first draft of The XMLHttpRequest Object, a specification designed to formalize the programming interface between a browser's scripting language, typically JavaScript, and asynchronous HTTP requests made to a Web server.

The XMLHttpRequest object is implemented today, in some form, by many popular Web browsers. Unfortunately the implementations are not completely interoperable. The goal of this specification is to document a minimum set of interoperable features based on existing implementations, allowing Web developers to use these features without platform-specific code. In order to do this, only features that are already implemented are considered. In the case where there is a feature with no interoperable implementations, the authors have specified what they believe to be the most correct behavior.

Although the Working Group authors are many and represent a number of influential organizations, the principle editor of the document appears to be Anne van Kesteren of Opera Software. Most Web developers are familiar with Anne's work through his Weblog about Markup & Style and long involvement with Web standards