WML

WML (Wireless Markup language)

WML is used to produce WAP content. It makes optimum use of the limited size of the displays on handheld devices. (Motorola)

Wireless Markup Language, based on XML, is the primary content format for devices that implement the WAP (Wireless Application Protocol) specification, such as mobile phones. WML documents are XML documents that validate against the WML (currently version 1.3) DTD (Document Type Definition). The W3C Markup Validation service (http://validator.w3.org/) can be used to validate WML documents (they are validated against their declared document type).

WML pages are stored on a web server. They are accessed by a WAP gateway, which sits between mobile devices and the World Wide Web, passing pages from one to the other much like a proxy. This translates pages into a form suitable for mobiles. This process is hidden from the phone, so it may access the page in the same way as a browser accesses html, using a URL (for example http://example.com/foo.wml), if the mobile phone operator has not specifically prevented this.