The mobile web will be standardized to address inconveniences in accessing web contents through smartphones and other various mobile devices, and to resolve the problem of having to create different web contents for each device.
Mobile web standardization will offer web contents creation guidelines that will enable mobile websites to be constructed faster and at lower costs, and allow users to easily access mobile contents through various mobile devices.
Mobile web standardization is necessary because web standards cannot be applied to the mobile environment due to the various properties of mobile devices (e.g. screen, memory, etc.)
KATS held a hearing on the establishment of Korea Standards on mobile web at the Korea Education and Research Information Service(KERIS) on July 9, for the general public and experts in the industry, academia and research areas.
During the hearing, mobile web standard technology and actual application cases were introduced, in addition to presentations on the need for a national standard in this area, background of the decision to establish a national standard, and future plans.
KATS started reviewing the feasibility of a national standard on mobile web through the national standard development committee and the JTC 1/SC 34 'document description and processing languages" national mirror committee in April, and announced on July 8, 2010 that it would adopt 12 Korean Standards on mobile web including guidelines for mobile web contents creation.
Mobile web (mobile OK) standards will serve as a national guideline for constructing mobile web contents that allow users to search and find information (e.g. weather, traffic, government services, etc.) using mobile devices regardless of their device model, operating system(OS), and web browser (e.g. explorer, safari).
The officer said, "It will facilitate the expansion of IT services and foster related industries through the establishment of a website that allows for convenient use of web contents optimized for mobile devices"
Mobile OK supports various mobile devices through a single mobile creation website, and resolves the problem of having to create different versions of each web content to suit different types of mobile devices.
According to the Gartner report, the mobile internet market will record explosive growth and will surpass that of the PC internet market in 2013.
In this regard, it is important that web contents based on standards are distributed in the initial phase of the mobile web. Therefore, a mobile internet environment that is applicable to all mobile devices could be established through mobile web standards.
KATS is working to establish a national standard on the mobile web in order to prepare guidelines for developing mobile web contents that can be used in all industries as well as the public sector. Also, KATS is cooperating with related government bodies such as the Korea Communications Commission, Ministry of Public Administration and Security, and Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism to promote national standards on the mobile web. In addition to this, KATS will lead efforts to foster an industrial ecosystem of mobile web-related industries, and enhance the global competitiveness of Korean technologies.
SOURCE: KATS