Title :
Data synchronization in the mobile Internet
Author :
Ligang Ren ; Song, Junde
Author_Institution :
Beijing Univ. of Posts & Telecommun., China
Abstract :
At present, people use many different devices to communicate each other and to store their important personal or business data. These data are stored in some of the devices and must be synchronized between the different devices while being updated Data synchronization specified by SyncML can realize to synchronize data between a wide range of devices and any net-work based data format. WAP Forum has adopted SyncML Specification as one of its most important mobile Internet services in WAP2.0. This paper focuses on the cooperation between wireless devices and data servers, and introduces several solutions on data synchronization, and also give the data format that suits Chinese, which will be applied to be the industry standard of China by China Mobile Internet Application protocol Special Group (CMIS).
Keywords :
Internet; access protocols; groupware; wide area networks; China Mobile Internet Application protocol Special Group; SyncML; WAP Forum; business data; data synchronization; mobile Internet; personal data; Access protocols; Application software; Handheld computers; Internet; Network servers; Personal digital assistants; Transport protocols; Web server; Wireless application protocol; XML;
Conference_Titel :
Computer Supported Cooperative Work in Design, 2002. The 7th International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
85-285-0050-0
DOI :
10.1109/CSCWD.2002.1047656