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Unit 13: Writing for HTML and WML

2. WML allows developers to specify how content will be presented to a WAP browser. Notes
Discuss.
3. WML can be compared to HTML in terms of its syntax and functionality, but many
differences between the two exist. Comment.
4. Explain how loading multiple cards at once caches potential screen views locally on the
WAP browser to reduce the need for network requests?
5. WML attempts to improve on the inconsistent syntax seen in much of today’s HTML.
Discuss.

6. Examine why cards effectively implement multiple WML screens within a single page?
7. WML is a markup language and, like other markup languages, it works on several
platforms. Explain.

8. WML is also compact, working quickly and efficiently. Do you agree with this statement?
Why or why not? Give reasons to support your answer.
9. The Nokia WAP Toolkit provides a development environment for people who want to
provide Internet services and content for mobile terminals. Explain briefly.
10. The SAML messaging protocol allows push and pull model. Comment.

Answers: Self Assessment

1. Web 2. WAP
3. errors 4. alternative

5. <card> 6. HTML
7. bandwidth 8. main page
9. information 10. web browser

11. ART
12. JAWAP (Java Application Framework) 13. WAP devices
14. Agentry 15. XML parsers

13.9 Further Readings

Books Demon Hougland, Essential WAP for Professional, 2001, Prentice Hall PTR.
Paul Wallace Andrea Hoffmann, Mika Tuppola, I – Mode Developer Guide, 2002,
Addison- Wesley Professional.

Online links http://www.peterindia.net/WMLOverview.html

http://www.vijaymukhi.com/documents/books/wap/sec2/chap1/
chap1.htm

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