Albatross browser request merging depends upon the functionality provided by the <al-input> tag. If you do no use this tag in applications then the standard request merging will not work.
In the most common usage a value (5.2.2.11) attribute is generated by evaluating the name (5.2.2.5) attribute in the execution context. This can be overridden by supplying a value (5.2.2.11) or expr (5.2.2.3) attribute.
There are a number of attributes that automatically generate the name attribute.
When merging browser requests the application object places the browser supplied value back into the execution context value referenced by the name attribute. The application request merging will not merge variable names prefixed by underscore. Use this to protect application values from browser modification.