WAP Binary XML (WBXML) is a binary representation of

XML Extensible Markup Language (XML) is a markup language and file format for storing, transmitting, and reconstructing arbitrary data. It defines a set of rules for encoding documents in a format that is both human-readable and machine-readable. ...

. It was developed by the WAP Forum and since 2002 is maintained by the

Open Mobile Alliance OMA SpecWorks, previously the Open Mobile Alliance (OMA) is a standards organization which develops open, international technical standards for the mobile phone industry. It is a nonprofit Non-governmental organization (NGO), not a formal govern ...

as a standard to allow XML documents to be transmitted in a compact manner over mobile networks and proposed as an addition to the

World Wide Web Consortium The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) is the main international standards organization for the World Wide Web. Founded in 1994 and led by Tim Berners-Lee, the consortium is made up of member organizations that maintain full-time staff working t ...

Wireless Application Protocol Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) is a technical standard for accessing information over a mobile wireless network. A WAP browser is a web browser for mobile devices such as mobile phones that use the protocol. Introduced in 1999, WAP achie ...

family of standards. The

MIME Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) is an Internet standard that extends the format of email messages to support text in character sets other than ASCII, as well as attachments of audio, video, images, and application programs. Messa ...

media type A media type (also known as a MIME type) is a two-part identifier for file formats and format contents transmitted on the Internet. The Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) is the official authority for the standardization and publication o ...

application/vnd.wap.wbxml has been defined for documents that use WBXML. WBXML is used by a number of mobile phones. Usage includes

Exchange ActiveSync Exchange ActiveSync (commonly known as EAS) is a proprietary protocol designed for the synchronization of email, contacts, calendar, tasks, and notes from a messaging server to a smartphone or other mobile devices. The protocol also provides mob ...

for synchronizing device settings, address book, calendar, notes and emails, SyncML for transmitting address book and calendar data,

Wireless Markup Language Wireless Markup Language (WML), based on XML, is a now-obsolete markup language intended for devices that implement the Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) specification, such as mobile phones. It provides navigational support, data input, hype ...

, Wireless Village, OMA DRM for its rights language and

Over-the-air programming Over-the-air programming (OTA programming) refers to various methods of distributing new software, configuration settings, and even updating encryption keys to devices like mobile phones, set-top boxes, electric cars or secure voice communicatio ...

for sending network settings to a phone.

External links

WBXML v1.3

Note made available at W3C

WBXML Library

Java XML Parser (Pull) and "basic" support for WBXML

Java StAX implementation for the WBXML
Open Mobile Alliance standards Internet protocols {{compu-lang-stub

See also

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