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Goals
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network
independent application environment for low-bandwidth, wireless
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devices
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integrated
Internet/WWW programming model with high interoperability
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Requirements
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device
and network independent, international support
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manufacturers
can determine look-and-feel, user interface
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considerations
of slow links, limited memory, low computing power, small
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display,
simple user interface (compared to desktop computers)
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Components
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architecture:
application model, browser, gateway, server
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WML:
XML-Syntax, based on card stacks, variables, ...
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WMLScript:
procedural, loops, conditions, ... (similar to JavaScript)
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WTA:
telephone services, such as call control, text messages, phone book, ...
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(accessible
from WML/WMLScript)
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content
formats: vCard, vCalendar, Wireless Bitmap, WML, ...
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