Delta Communication: The Power of the Rich Internet Applications

Web applications have evolved into much complex Rich Internet Applications, providing rich features and enhanced user experience. Proper definitions, which deliver abstract realization of the fundamental concepts of the Rich Internet Application are still missing. Definitions provide proper understanding of the subject and help in increasing the realization of the characteristics of the same. This paper focuses on conceptually identifying the characteristics of the rich communication model of the Rich Internet Applications – commonly known as the “Asynchronous Communication” – suggesting a better term “Delta-Communication”, followed by a definition for it. Based on the definition, we propose a term and a definition for the abstract model of the simplest rich communication technique, which is exploited in AJAX. Additionally, based on the proposed definition for the rich communication model, the paper proposes a new term to replace the term AJAX to overcome the limitations expressed by the term AJAX. These terms and definitions specify and express the fundamental characteristics of the abstract concepts of the rich communication model of the Rich Internet Applications.