Re: WAP Competitors ?

Basic XHTML is the point of convergence that allows HDML -> WML 1.2 
(XML compliant) content converge with the Compact HTML ->imode 
(HTML 2.0+ subset) applicaions.

XHTML has all the benefits of being XML based and all the legacy
mindset behind HTML as the lingua franca of the web.

WML has some additional roundtrip saving features, but that is 
most likely a temporary advantage in today's marketplace.  $.02

> Date: Mon, 06 Mar 2000 17:19:22 +0000
> From: Sandeep Hundal <sunny@bluecarrots.com>
> To: dcb@white-mountains.net
> CC: Masayasu Ishikawa <mimasa@w3.org>, www-mobile@w3.org
> Subject: Re: WAP Competitors ?
> 
> Hah hah !!
> 
> MY sentiments exactly... seems that every vendor has decided to put in
> their own extensions to HTML and decided to call it something else...
> 
> is there any sort of convergence happening ?? I asked this before and it
> seemed that WML was the best place to go as HDML was going to be phased
> out... though now I'm not sure with...
> 
> I mean whats to stop NTT come to Europe and start launching its I-mode
> phones, and then we have to learn C-HTML....
> 
> Sandeep
> 
> Daniel Bertrand wrote:
> > 
> > Okay, so HDML, WML, WBXML... This is getting confusing.
> > Up till now, most manufacturers had UPbrowser, it seems there will be
> > several to support now.
> > What should I serve to European clients to be on the safe side? Need to
> > start coding now!
> > Daniel Bertrand
> > http://www.say-parrot.com
> > 
> > Masayasu Ishikawa wrote:
> > >
> > > "Martin J. Duerst" <duerst@w3.org> wrote:
> > >
> > > > At 12:24 00/03/06 +1100, Andrew Scott wrote:
> > > > > Both WML and compact HTML have been submitted to the W3C as notes. 
Also,
> > > > > HDML (basically the predecessor to WML) has also been submitted to the
> > > > > W3C in the same way. You ought to be able to find these with a search.
> > > >
> > > > Please see http://www.w3.org/TR.
> > >
> > > Or more conveniently, please look at:
> > >
> > >         http://www.w3.org/Mobile/#submissions
> > >
> > > Note that unlike WBXML, WML hasn't been submitted to the W3C.
> > >
> > > > > There is a formal liaison process between the WAP Forum and the W3C 
for
> > > > > converging the standards. I don't think anything similar exists 
between
> > > > > NTT and the W3C.
> > > >
> > > > No. But NTT is a member of W3C.
> > >
> > > More precisely, NTT DoCoMo is also a member of the W3C.  We don't need
> > > a formal "liaison" process with members.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > --
> > > Masayasu Ishikawa / mimasa@w3.org
> > > W3C - World Wide Web Consortium
>

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