Position Paper for "Television and the Web" Workshop

Tatsuya Hagino (hagino@w3.org), W3C Keio Team

W3C is currently proposing to make an interest group for mobile access
as a result of having the W3C Workshop on Mobile Access in April 1998.
Because mobile terminals (mobile Web clients) have different
characteristics with respect to network and/or user interface from those
of traditional Web access equipment, mobile Web access environment such
as application formats and protocols should be considered to access the
same Web contents.  Various products and services have been sold and
started, and are planned based on various specifications which are not
interoperable, so guidelines and/or specifications for mobile Web access
are needed urgently. The work must be done by W3C to guarantee
interoperability with the general Web world.

I am expected to be a chairman of the Mobile Access IG.  Television also
has a lot of different characteristics from ordinary PCs, so there might 
be some common interest between TV and Mobile.

Tatsuya Hagino
World Wide Web Consortium
Deputy Director for Asia
Keio University
5322 Endoh, Fujisawa, Kanagawa 252-8520, Japan
TEL +81-466-47-5111 ext 3027
FAX +81-4660-47-0835
Email hagino@w3.org