Wireless XML Developer's Guide

Engineer Your Way to Excellence

Use XML technologies to develop applications for the mobile Internet with this hands-on professional guide. Youll get full details on creating and optimizing multimedia applications for wireless devices, integrating databases, building Web interfaces and voice portals, and much more. This advanced resource also provides valuable coverage of VoiceXML, Multimedia Messaging, Mobile Commerce and personalization. Leverage the power of XML in your wireless applications with this essential developers guide.

• Understand wireless networks and protocols--including i-mode
  
• Work with XML schemas, links, and namespaces effectively
  
• Utilize XML-related technologies--XHTML, SMIL, GML, WML--in your wireless applications
  
• Use XSLT to adapt content for XHTML Basic browsers
  
• Make Web sites i-mode compatible
  
• Add audio and speech recognition using VoiceXML
  
• Integrate text, graphics, and audio using SMIL
  
• Transfer Web content to handheld devices
  

Contents          

   Part I: XML in a Wireless Context
    1: Introduction to Wireless Applications
    2: Wireless Networks and Protocols
    3: XML Primer

   Part II The Developer’s Quick Reference Guide
    4: XHTML
    5: Voice
    6: Synchronized Multimedia
    7: Geography
    8: Translations and Optimizations
    9: Profiles
    10: Synchronization
    11: Low-level Communication

   Part III: Use Cases: The Developer’s Detailed Guide
    12: Building XHTML Applications
    13: Building WML 2.0 Applications
    14: Building a Voice Portal
    15: Building Multimedia Applications
    16: Using SVG with GML to Represent the Real World
    17: Mobile Commerce

   Part IV: The Future of XML in Wireless
    18: Proximity
    19: The Future of Personalization
    20: Instant Messaging and Presence Applications
    21: Databasesases