Those Zimbra guys are so clever. Via O’Reilly, AJAX Linking and Embedding (ALE) “provides the ability to embed rich content into an editable document and to then interact with and edit that content in much the same way as it is done with traditional office suites and applications in a desktop environment. A key difference is that … the embedded objects are AJAX components that are embedded into an editable HTML document.” Download the 0.2 spec and check out the hosted demo.
Factory Joe 
ALE – for the commercial radiomen and women out there also means Automatic Link Establishment – a system that scans HF freqs – and selects the best HF channel for communications.
Poof!