News Release: World Wide Web Consortium to Host Booth at 3GSM 2005

W3C, the organization behind many technical Recommendations that support 
  Mobile connections to the Web, including VoiceXML 2.0, CC/PP, XHTML 
Basic, SVG Tiny, and more, will be present at the 3GSM 2005 conference.

To schedule meetings with W3C staff at the Conference, please contact 
Marie-Claire Forgue <marie@w3.org>. For general press queries, please 
contact Janet Daly <janet@w3.org> at +1 617 253 5884.

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World Wide Web Consortium to Host Booth at 3GSM 2005
W3C Technologies Critical to Mobile Web Success

Web Resources:

Press Release
In English: http://www.w3.org/2005/02/3gsm-pressrelease.html.en
In French: http://www.w3.org/2005/02/3gsm-pressrelease.html.fr
In Japanese: http://www.w3.org/2005/02/3gsm-pressrelease.html.ja

W3C@3GSM2005 Page:
http://www.w3.org/2005/02/3GSM-2005.html

http://www.w3.org/ -- 8 February 2005 -- The World Wide Web Consortium 
(W3C) is staffing a booth at the 3GSM Congress from 14 to 17 February 
2005, at the Palais des Festivals et des Congres in Cannes, France. All 
attendees now have the opportunity to learn about W3C's mobile Web 
efforts in Hall 1, stand A24.

"W3C's Recommendations have provided the Web with standard technologies 
that better serve the full range of Web citizens," explained Tim 
Berners-Lee, W3C Director. "Our goal is to make Web access from a mobile 
device as simple, easy and convenient as it is from a desktop device."

W3C Develops Interoperability Standards for the Mobile Web

Exploring the Web from a mobile device today has yet to fulfill its 
promise, due to obstacles in interoperability and usability. People 
often find that their favorite Web sites are difficult to access with a 
mobile device, if available at all. W3C is currently addressing many 
challenges of the mobile Web:

     * Lower-cost content for mobile devices
     * Convenient Web browsing from mobile devices
     * Multimodal interaction for mobile Web
     * Multimedia and graphics for Multimedia Messaging (MMS)

W3C has groups working on device independence, multimodal Web access and 
content types for multimedia messaging. Already, mobile-specific 
standards organizations have adopted numerous W3C Recommendations such 
as XHTML Basic, SMIL Mobile, Mobile SVG, InkML, CC/PP and VoiceXML 2.0. 
All of these specifications allow for rich content experiences, and 
leverage the power and extensibility of the XML standard.

W3C Addresses Mobile Industry Concerns

Supporters of the mobile Web recognize the tremendous business 
opportunity created by combining mobile and Web technologies. Key mobile 
services players such as authoring tool vendors, content providers, 
handset manufacturers, browser vendors and mobile phone operators share 
the same goal: accessing the Web from a mobile device should be as 
convenient as from a desktop. Following the tremendous success of the 
Mobile Web Initiative workshop held two months ago, W3C expects to 
launch a Mobile Web Initiative in 2005 to focus on increasing the 
adoption of standardized technologies and identifying best practices for 
industry.

W3C's Booth Located in Hall 1 - A24

W3C's stand will be located in the main hall of the Palais des 
Festivals: Hall 1 - A24. For more information, please contact 
Marie-Claire Forgue, <marie@w3.org> or visit the W3C@3GSM05 page.


Contact Americas and Australia --
     Janet Daly, <janet@w3.org>, +1.617.253.5884
Contact Europe, Africa and Middle-East --
     Marie-Claire Forgue, <mcf@w3.org>, +33.492.38.75.94
Contact Asia --
     Yasuyuki Hirakawa <chibao@w3.org>, +81.466.49.1170

About the World Wide Web Consortium [W3C]

The W3C was created to lead the Web to its full potential by developing 
common protocols that promote its evolution and ensure its 
interoperability. It is an international industry consortium jointly run 
by the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (MIT 
CSAIL) in the USA, the European Research Consortium for Informatics and 
Mathematics (ERCIM) headquartered in France and Keio University in 
Japan. Services provided by the Consortium include: a repository of 
information about the World Wide Web for developers and users, and 
various prototype and sample applications to demonstrate use of new 
technology. More than 350 organizations are Members of W3C. For more 
information see http://www.w3.org/

Received on Tuesday, 8 February 2005 15:02:40 UTC