The W3C and the WAPForum have announced
a formal liaison that will help to ensure that the next
generation of web specifications are mobile device aware.
The two groups share a common goal to make internet content
available to wireless devices, and have identified some
common work items to help make this a reality. The first of
these is likely to be the addition of WML features to
XHTML. These will take the form of additional XHTML modules.
The intention is that WAP enabled devices will be able to
report their display capabilities to a server using an RDF
profiling mechanism called Composite
Capability/Preference Profiles (CC/PP). This
will allow a server to deliver a version of a web page
suitable for use by the device - in effect selecting the
right XHTML and stylesheet modules suitable for the devices
display capabilities.
The Mobile Access Interest group has had its charter
extended until 30th June 2000.
More details are available from the WAPForum and the
W3C mobile access
home pages.
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