Dynamic Multiplatform HTML to WML Mobile Converter

The research work reported here is concerned with designing and developing a multiplatform dynamic mobile converter that transforms Hyper Text Markup Language (HTML) documents into their equivalent Wireless Markup Language (WML) documents. This system is a server side service that analyzes the client request upon reception, renders the response document to a suitable format, and finally transfers the produced document back to the client. In comparison to the currently available converters, the conversion process of the newly developed converter has been improved in two main perspectives. First, new HTML tags have been supported. Second, new image formats, such as Wireless Bitmaps (WBMP), have been supported. Moreover, more complex HTML structures have been handled. System validation and verification showed a successful transformation rate of more than 75%. Finally, to achieve better transformation results, it was recommended to use the HTML dialects that support mobility, and take the nature of the mobile users into considerations when deciding to enable any