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[3] WAP Wireless Markup Language Specification, Version 1.1
Version 16-JUN-1999
Wireless Application Protocol Forum, Ltd.
http://www.wapforum.org/what/technical.htm
Terminology
Abbreviations
GIF Graphics Interchange Format
HTTP Hypertext Transfer Protocol
URI Uniform Resource Identifier
URL Uniform Resource Locator
WAP
TM
Wireless Application Protocol
WBMP WAP Bitmap
WML Wireless Markup Language
Definitions
Bookmark A named reference to a URL. Enables the user to keep track of
favorite pages and then return to them, easily, later on.
Card A single WML unit of navigation and user interface. May contain
information to present to the user, instructions for gathering user
input, etc.
Card Contents Subject data stored or generated at an origin server. The card
contents display text, images, buttons and other controls supported
by WML as a response to a user request. When a user performs an
action in the card contents, the WAP Browser responds according to
the WML specification.
Card Title An attribute in the WML Card element specifying advisory
information about the card.
Card Title Sequence A generic concept for visualizing the progress and history of a WML
application. The number of titles in the sequence is dependent on the
number of cards that have been browsed.
Current Card The card whose contents is currently displayed in the browser.
Deck A collection of WML cards.
Image WBMP or GIF image contained in a Card.
newcontext An attribute in the Card element indicating that the current browser
context should be re-initialized upon entry to this card.
WAP Application A collection of WML cards, with the
newcontext attribute set in the
entry card.
WAP service A WML application residing on a web site.
WAP Services The R380 WAP browser.
