Device Independence in an XML World

The discussion on internationalization maps well to the topic of device independence. Figure 2.8 could easily represent each page as a device specific page, say a browser or a mobile phone. In today's Web world, the variation in characteristics of device types is incredible. Devices including Web browsers, phones, car navigational units, and even kitchen appliances support different

  • footprints

  • markup languages

  • levels of intelligence on the client side; for example, a J2ME phone versus a WAP WML phone

Device support can be viewed as “template” support, where your program loads the appropriate template depending on which device type was detected on the client side. This book will address different strategies for ...

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