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Open / Proprietary / Standards
Mobile Web Europe 2008

Presentation supported by MobiWeb 2.0 project supported by the European Union's 7th Research Framework Programme (FP7)

Dominique Hazaël-Massieux, <dom@w3.org>

Open is the new Black

OpenX... logos

What open means

Openness is a measure of the distribution of control.

	Closed	Open
Access to content	Walled Gardens: Operators	Open Web: Users
Deployment of services and applications	Locked Devices: Operators / Manufacturers	Open Platform: Service / Application providers
Technologies	Proprietary: Technology owners	Open Standards: Developers

Photos by dandy_fsi, pixelfrenzy, ldandersen, jasonb42882, Darwin Bell.

Is closed evil?

Closed systems allow for

a more simple trust model: if I know who is in control, I know whom to blame
a shorter time to market: it's (often) easier to agree with oneself
a more simple business model

...but...

limits explosion of innovation
creates frustration

Where is the Mobile Web heading?

iPhone success
... Android?
Internet is a strong decentralization force
IT as a commodity

OPEN

What matters to the user

Make IT work!
Arg!

Fragmentation

Fragmentation

Standards as Interfaces

Tower of Babel II: Humanity Strikes Back

Tower of Babel by Brueghel

Mobile Web Initiative

Mobile Web involves browser vendors, adaptation providers, device manufacturers, mobile operators, content providers and authoring tools vendors

Sponsors
MWI sponsors

Interoperability

Web Compatibility Test for Mobile Browsers
Web Compatibility Test rendered on the iPhone

Adaptation

Mobile Web Chain

Creating content: Mobile Web Best Practices
Adapting content: Device Description Repository API
Transforming content: Content Transformation Guidelines

Upcoming new work

Interoperable widgets
geolocation API
Best Practices for Mobile Web Applications

Trust on the (mobile) Web

Upcoming workshops:

securing access to device APIs
social networks

More...

Mobile Web Initiative w3.org/mobile
dom@w3.org
... and in your questions!