Handheld Device Markup Language

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HDML
Handheld Device Markup Language
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AbbreviationHDML
Native name
Handheld Device Markup Language
Year started1996 [1]
First published11 April 1997 (1997-04-11) [2]
Latest versionHDML 2.0
Organization
Authors
  • Peter King [2]
  • Tim Hyland [2]
Related standards
  • HTML
  • WML (Wireless Markup Language)
Website www.w3.org/TR/NOTE-Submission-HDML-spec.html

The Handheld Device Markup Language (HDML) is a markup language [2] intended for display on handheld computers, information appliances, smartphones, etc.. It is similar to HTML, [3] but for wireless and handheld devices with small displays, like PDA, mobile phones and so on.

It was originally developed in about 1996 by Unwired Planet, [1] the company that became Phone.com and then Openwave. [4] HDML was submitted to W3C for standardization, [5] but was not turned into a standard. Instead it became an important influence on the development and standardization of WML, which then replaced HDML in practice. Unlike WML, HDML has no support for scripts. [6]

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