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To: The Phoenix who wrote (38590)	1/31/2000 1:25:00 AM
From: simonds	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 45548

"It's my understanding that WAP is a API being agreed to by a consortium of wireless companies. It is not a standard and in fact is a long way away from being submitted to the standards bodies. As an API it allows applications to be written once and applied to a broad range of devices which have OS's supporting the WAP API." Gary, WAP is not an API; it's a whole lot more than that. To start with, the "P" is protocol. Its protocol architecture is layered on top of the bearer media (ie. GSM, CDMA): Transport, Security, Transaction, Session, and Application on the top. It's true that the Application layer has API for telephony apps, along with scripting language similar to Javascript and it's own WirelessMarkUp language which is somewhat derived from XML. As you can see, it's a whole nine yards of technology.