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Designing Wireless Information Services

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ISBN-10: 0471380156

ISBN-13: 9780471380153

Edition: 2000

Authors: Johan Hjelm

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This work aims to show how wireless services can be offered on a real corporate network. It provides step-by-step guidance on how to set up the network and its web site using open standards such as the Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) and XML.
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Book details

List price: $39.99
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 6/28/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 432
Size: 7.75" wide x 9.50" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.694
Language: English

Preface
Acknowledgments
Mobility and the Wireless Web
What Is Mobility?
Laptops Are Not Mobile
Making Information Mobile
Changing the Desktop Mindset
Mobile Technologies
Mobile Phones: Analog to Digital
Where Mobile Services Are Surfacing, and Why
Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM)
Older Wireless Technologies
Mobility and the Web
Wireless Applications of the Future
Wanda Is Hungry
Sam's Celebration
John's Telecommute
Pelle and Maja Go to the Movies
Further Reading
Designing Mobile Information
Consistent Presentation
Information for Sale
Wapping Web Applications
Designing User Interfaces
Information Design
Identifying the Users and Finding the Tasks
Identify Stakeholders
Target Groups
Needs Requirements
Designing with Users in Mind
Finding the Objects: Analyzing Your Information
Information Structure
Information Modeling Concepts
Designing the Information Architecture
Information Structure
User Interfaces on Mobile Terminals
Matching Goals of Users and Designers
Building the User Experience
What Should Your Site Do?
Testing Your User Interface
Customer Satisfaction
Testing the Site
Evaluating Adaptive Systems
Learning from the Log Files
User Behavior and Server Performance
Further Reading
Object Orientation
Information Structuring and Navigation
User Interface Design
Software Development and Management
General Information Sources
Optimizing the Web for Mobile Access
Liberating Information from Its Physical and Logical Location
Site Structure
Templates and XML
W3C Guidelines
Redesigning Your Site for Mobile Access
Separate Content and Presentation
Structure Your Information
Design the Content Properly
Using HTML Tidy and the W3C Validator
The Basic Rules of Mobile Web Design
Further Reading
XML, WAP, and Mobile Information Systems
Extensible Markup Language (XML)
XML Document Structure
XML Evolution and Specifications
The Wireless Application (WAP) Environment
Variable Substitution
The Anatomy of WAP
Wireless Markup Language (WML)
Writing WML
WML, Variables, and Dynamically Generated Content
Events and Variables
XHTML, the Successor to HTML
Differences from HTML You Need to Consider
XHTML Modules
XML Fragments
A Stylesheet Briefing
Validity and Well-Formedness
Database Access via XML and WML
XML Namespaces
XSLT Transformations
RDF and Metadata
Further Reading
Building a Mobile Information Site: By Example
Developing Services for Mobile Users
Examples: XSLT and WML
Personalized Services: Adapting Information to Position and User Context
A New Paradigm
Delivering Relevant Information
Contextualizing Information
Position-Relevant Information
Describing the Position
Validity and Freshness
Structuring Location Information
Metadata
Time- and Location-Relevant Information
Calendaring, Scheduling, and SKiCAL
Metafiles for Events: Some Examples
User Agent Profiles Using CC/PP and WAP UAPROF
Logical Components
The User Agent
Context Awareness
Security and Privacy
Work of the WAP Forum UAPROF Group
Context Awareness: An Example
Stick-e Notes
Triggering
Retrieval and Filtering
Further Reading
Future Mobile Network Technologies
Second-Generation Networks: GPRS and CDMA
Third-Generation Networks
Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA)
The Future of Terminals: Wearable Computing
The Future of WAP
IP over Mobile Networks
Quality of Service
Further Reading
Future Mobile and Multimedia Applications
SMIL: The Synchronization Language
SMIL Document Structure
MPEG-4 and MPEG-7
Java and Multimedia
Mobile Multimedia Mode
Further Reading
Wireless Applications in Reality and Research
Transport and Fleet Management (Including Positioning)
JS Express Paperless Dispatch
Hogia MobiRescue and MobiBus
J.B. Hunt Local Mobile Messaging
Roadnet MobileCast
Wireless Towing Trucks
Rescue and Police Work
British Police PhotoWallet System
Swedish Police MoAr Mobile Workplace
Wireless Law Enforcement with Motor Vehicle Information
Utah Unwired--Large Statewide CDPD Effort
Inventory and Sales Support
Pepsi Goes Unwired
Avis Roving Rapid Return
SABRE Wireless Travel Management
Transaction Processing and Wireless Point of Sales
Telemetry
Enron Two-Way Metering
Maintenance, Field Service, and Dispatch
Sears Repair Services Wireless Field Service Application
GENICOM Integrated Field Services Applications
BC Tel Connects Wirelessly in the Field
Visiting Nurses Use Pen-Based Documentation System
Financial and News Information
Other
Ardis and Motorola Wireless Travel Guide
European Market Studies: Entertainment Drives Mobile Expectations
Research Applications in the Mobile Environment
Networking of Field Support and Maintenance Operations of Trains
The HIPS Tourist Guide Application
The MEMO Asymmetric Application
On the Move: Mobility-Enabled Applications
GVU Cyberguide
Context-Aware Applications at the University of Kent
Mobile Open Systems Technologies for the Utilities Industries
University of Lancaster Wireless Tourist Guide
Further Reading
About the Software
What's on the CD-ROM?
What Is Freeware or Shareware?
Hardware Requirements
Installing the Software
Using the Software
User Assistance and Information
Index