proposed structure for the mw4d document

Dear All,

As promised i'm launching the discussion about the document the group is 
aiming to produce (aka Roadmap).

Let me start with some background info. A summary of this work is 
described in the charter of the group 
(http://www.w3.org/2007/12/MW4D/charter1.1.html) section 2.2.
The idea is to produce a document that will summarize the output of the 
two workshops (the one which took place in maputo in april, and the one 
in brazil last year), as well as the different discussions we had on the 
mailing-list and during the teleconferences.
The aim of this document is to identify the challenges of using mobile 
and web technologies to provide development-oriented services to 
underprivileged populations of developing countries.

Because we didn't made any substantial progress since we started 
http://www.w3.org/2008/MW4D/wiki/roadmap i believe that i should take a 
more proactive role, and lead discussions for the future teleconferences.
Thus, i'm starting with the structure of the document, to be discussed 
next monday.
I believe that the structure we put in the current roadmap might not be 
that appropriate. For instance, i'm not sure we should keep the first 
section "Delivering Applications on Mobiles". This section has 
interesting references, but should most probably be merged with the page 
on stories (http://www.w3.org/2008/MW4D/wiki/Stories ). It is very 
useful to know what are existing projects, but this is probably not part 
of the roadmap document, but should just be mentionned as part of 
references within document.

Therefore here is my proposal for a new structure. let's use it as basis 
for discussion on monday. i will then make it in a real document, and we 
could start sharing the edition of some parts.

Introduction
@@ what we want to address in the document

Audience
@@ there are different audiences that are targeted with this document: 
-those who want today to build and deploy content and apps on mobile and 
that would find what's possible today, and what are critical challenges, 
and how to work around them as much as possible
-those who could launch appropriate actions to find solutions to 
challenges: this includes academics, international org. such as W3C, 
foundations, mobile industry (handset/operators/software makers...)...
-those who could develop training and tools, and leverage awareness in 
the development sector on how to integrate mobile in the field work

Objectives
@@objectives of the document is to present how to use mobile 
technologies in the field today, and what are the key challenges that 
might impact the implementation or usage of content and services.

Challenges
@@this si one of the major section, describing what are the key 
challenges when developing and deploying a mobile content or apps.
two major parts around the challenges around the specific profile of 
targeted end-users, and the challenges for potential provider of mobile 
content to  effectively integrate this tool in their work.

	Access Challenges
@@for each of the challenge mentionned in the section, we would present 
the issue, example, what should be done to provide a global solution to 
this problem, and what are potential solutions existing today if one 
experience the challenge
		availability of content in local languages
		- issue: people speaks languages that are not supported or renderable
		- long term issue: identify key elements that are necessary to add a 
new language in the ICT world, and develop methodologies for making it 
available
		- workaround: use intermediaries (e.g. VPO) that can speak another 
language, use voice applications with prompt in the local languages
		Illiteracy
			- how to solve that in the future: develop technology and guidelines 
on how to make content available to people with low reading skills 
through e.g icons+voice or other solutions
			- workaround possible today if one wants to target communities with 
very high level of illiteracy: use of intermediaries (e.g. VPO), use of 
voice apps
		
		computer literacy
			- issue: people being able to search and find existing apps
			- long term solution: exploring a standardized way to announce new 
content and services to people like existing today with e.g. widget and 
applestore
			- workaround: use of portals, use of intermediaries that are internet 
literate, advertisements

		

	Content provider challenges
		Awareness
			knowining what's possible
			knowing what exists

		Expertise

		Tools
			infrastructure tools
			application-specific tools

		Business Model and costs
			monetization of services

		regulation
			censorship
		
Technologies
@@ in section we will describe the different technologies, pointing to 
examples of usage, existing tools for authoring and deployment, costs,...

	SMS
	Voice
		- classical voice apps
		- web based voice apps (VoiceXML)
	Mobile Web
	Misc
		USSD
		Native J2ME


Stephane

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