我关注到的几个比较流行的ajax开源框架

1.sarissa
提供跨浏览器的ajax xml序列化，初始化，xslt变形及xpath查询等功能的框架.
Sarissa is an ECMAScript library acting as a cross-browser wrapper for native XML APIs. It offers various XML related goodies like Document instantiation, XML loading from URLs or strings, XSLT transformations, XPath queries etc and comes especially handy for people doing what is lately known as "AJAX" development.
2.dojo
dojo的目的是使web开发更专业，更容易，更快。提供了大量js脚本库，许多开源web framework都采用dojo作为底层javascript与ajax框架，比如myfaces，tapestry，webwork等。
3.prototype
面向对象，DOM操作，但据说其javascript OO并不是很理想，提供的功能没有dojo丰富。
Prototype is a JavaScript framework that aims to ease development of dynamic
web applications.  It offers a familiar class-style OO framework, extensive
Ajax support, higher-order programming constructs, and easy DOM manipulation.