A Curious new language
By Christine Tatum
February 2, 2001
Chicago-based Curious Networks has developed a new computer
language that lets developers write applications only once for a
variety of devices and systems.
The company's application is a subset of Extensible Markup
Language, the emerging series of data transmission standards based on
Web coding protocols. Multi-Channel Access XML, or MAXML, allows
developers to craft applications for an array of devices – text pagers,
WAP phones or personal digital assistants – without having to write code
in the multiple formats now used in handheld devices, such as Wireless
Markup Language and Voice Extensible Markup Language.
Developers can experiment with MAXML by building applications
within an online workshop run on the company's Web site.
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