Not bad, but here are a few suggestions... 1) Let's pull the entire description of WAP into one chapter, and 2) Separate the description of WAP from our analysis of WAP and comparisons with HTML/JavaScript, etc.; further, 3) let's separate our comparison of the components of WAP to their wired (and other) counterparts from out opinions of where WAP fits into the overall picture of the web, HPC, research, and education. 4) Let's add a survey of available implementations/software/projects and also try to include a few sites on the 'net that provide WAP content. We obviously can't catalog them all, so let's try to identify (a) sites that list/link to many other WAP-enabled sites, and (b) sites you find that have "interesting" content. This should be in the form of: Project Name URL(s) Brief Description with the description running no more than a few sentences unless there is something particularly significant about the item. I don't see wireless telephony aspects of WAP as being of strong importance to us, but perhaps you can convince me otherwise. So I suggest a revised outline and add some comments about particular sections. 1 Introduction 2 Market Overview and the Origins of WAP 3 Description of the Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) 3.1 Overview 3.2 Wireless Application Environment (WAE) 3.2.1 Wireless Markup Language (WML) 3.2.2 Scripting Language (WMLScript) 3.2.3 The WAE User Agent 3.3 Communications Protocols I think we're primarily interested in the WAE rather than the lower level protocols, but we need to present them here, especially so we can discuss... 3.4 Security Issues These are important to DoD 4 Comparison of WAE with Other Technologies 4.1 WML, HTML, and XML 4.2 WMLScript, JavaScript, JScript, and Java 5 Comparison of WAP Protocols with other Technologies I put this as a separate chapter, but I would not expect it to be too long. As I said above, I think we're mostly interested in the WAE part of WAP. 6 Comparison of WAP with Current Approaches to Mobile Web Access This is meant to compare with Palm VII PQAs, Other Palm web browsing approaches, and WinCE approaches. I would have lumped it into Section 4, but I suspect we need to touch on both environment and protocols in this discussion. 7 Where Does WAP Fit In? 7.1 The Web in the Palm of Your Hand? Relationship with WWW as we know it. Description of a WWW-WAP gateway and what it can do. 7.2 WAP on the Desktop? Geoffrey has suggested that the WAE might provide a small robust web-like environment that would be useful even for desktop uses (because current WWW browsers tend to be huge, complex, and buggy). How far can one go with this? 7.3 Commercial Applications Survey the types of applications service providers are likely to come up with for the "commodity" markets 7.4 WAP for HPC, Research, and Education Some ideas on where WAP might fit in to projects like Gateway, Computing Portals, Training Portals, etc. Probably we'll need Geoffrey's help with this after we complete other sections. 8 Looking Ahead Prospects for WAP (i.e. will it be accepted or will it flop?) Will the standard continue to evolve? What will help or hinder development of WAP products and services for the commodity market? What will help or hinder development of WAP products and services for our niche market (HPC, research, education)? References Appendices A WAP Today A.1 Current Implementations and Projects A.2 WAP-Enabled Web Sites > 1. introduction > 2. market status > 3. WAP overview (Architecture & Wireless Application Environment) > 4. WAE Service (WML and WMLScript) > 4.1 WML and HTML > 4.2 WMLScript and JavaScript/JScript > 5. WAE User Agent (WML User Agent -- Browsers) > 6. Security issue on WAP communication > 6.1 Authentication > 6.2 SSL-like security layer > 7. connectivity with existing resource (gateway) > 8. device specification > 9. future study > > These are possible other issue > * High performance computing issue > * Wireless Telephony Applications > > > Thanks, > > -Sangyoon Oh > > soh@npac.syr.edu > Office : Sci-tech 3-226 > Phone : 443-1690 > -- David E. Bernholdt | Email: bernhold@npac.syr.edu Northeast Parallel Architectures Center | Phone: +1 315 443 3857 111 College Place, Syracuse University | Fax: +1 315 443 1973 Syracuse, NY 13244-4100 | URL: http://www.npac.syr.edu