Re: Driving XSL based on WAP phone characteristics

[Matt Sergeant <matt@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 26 Apr 2000, Neill James wrote:

> The wapforum body is looking at extending the scope of what is effectively
> the HTTP_USER_AGENT header field to include more structured information
> about the functional capabilities and physical characteristics of WAP based
> mobile devices (eg, screen height, colour availability, font availability).
> 
> Has anybody looked at how these characteristics can be used to drive an XSL
> style sheet to deliver an XML transformation that provides a good look and
> feel for any WAP device (for which the characteristics are known)?
> 
> Do you reckon this is just a pipe dream. Or is the only option to do
> seperate XSL files to deliver XML content for each WAP device that is
> distinct from the next. For me, this sounds like a nightmare as there are so
> many device types out there - and more to come.

My idea is to setup a bunch of XSL files for media="handheld" and have
title's set so that you can choose between different resolutions (how you
pick the title and show those stylesheets is implementation
dependant). Have the stylesheets cascade so that the work involved is
minimal (i.e. the stylesheets displaying the different resolutions only do
a small amount of the work).

Once you break down the task this way it won't seem so much of a pipe
dream.

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