 he Continuum™ product line is powered by MAXML™ (Multi-channel Access XML), a breakthrough application definition language designed specifically for the growing need to simultaneously deploy applications on not just one, but many access channels. By utilizing MAXML, Continuum products deliver powerful and efficient mobile solutions through a single development effort.
The Foundation of MAXML - Interaction Oriented Development™
MAXML defines both the integration into backend systems and how users will interact with data in these backend systems - independent of the device.
Curious Networks designed MAXML using a fundamentally different approach to application development. Unlike traditional development processes which focus on defining presentation, MAXML is founded on how users interact with information. Developers define their applications within MAXML in terms of the interactions users will have with applications. Curious Networks has developed these interactions through extensive research and usability tests on how people want information organized and presented, as well as how they interact with it.
This unique approach allows developers to focus on coding the types of interactions within MAXML, not the complexities of specific devices. This approach, called Interaction Oriented Development, produces a markup with significant benefits.
- Complete Support - Developers can take advantage of the latest technologies without having to worry about learning or keeping up with the evolution of the specific markup languages associated with various devices. MAXML fully supports all industry standards, including HTML, XHTML, XML, WAP (HDML and WML), Palm PQAs and VoiceXML. Other standards that emerge will be supported as technologies evolve.
- Write Once - The power of MAXML is that the code for interactions remains the same, regardless of the access channel used. In other words, MAXML allows developers to define an application and the interactions that comprise it once, and the Continuum™ Engine presents each interaction appropriately on each device. By creating a layer of abstraction between the presentation and the underlying data, the developer is removed from the complexities of the various channels. Defining the application once in MAXML results in significantly reduced time-to-market and development costs.
- A Markup for the Future - By focusing on the interactions, MAXML can be accessed on new devices with no change to the MAXML, enabling companies to immediately benefit from emerging technologies.
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