RE: URLs and access issues

Yes exactly. We did the same thing in Java/JSP for a leading mobile operator
in India. The device is identified based on the user-agent string and the
response is redirected accordingly. This way we are able to differentiate
the content not only based on website request or mobile device request but
also based on the type of device. WAP 1.0 compliant devices would receive
WML content with wbmp images whereas WAP2.0 compliant devices would receive
rich XHTML-MP content with jpg/png images.

Ajay Naphade
Project Lead
Jataayu Software Pvt. Ltd.
Bangalore
India.
E:ajaynaphade@jataayusoft.com
T:+91 80 28565808 

-----Original Message-----
From: public-bpwg-request@w3.org [mailto:public-bpwg-request@w3.org] On
Behalf Of Neil Thompson
Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2005 6:13 PM
To: public-bpwg@w3.org
Subject: RE: URLs and access issues

What is being suggested here - the ability to auto-detect the browser/device
and return content accordingly can already be done using the user agent
string and a bit of code. This is exactly what we do on our company website
(www.appswing.com) and my personal site. In fact a wrote a short blog on the
subject with the Perl code to do it:
http://www.neilthompson.co.uk/gm/archives/00000014.htm
 
On the appswing.com site when a request is made from a mobile device the CMS
system returns just the content without all the stuff around the outside.
 
This allows us to have one domain name for all devices.
 
Neil Thompson
CTO
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