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W3C Device Description Working Group
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<h2 id="publications">Publications</h2> <p>The DDWG published several W3C Working Group Notes and one W3C Recommendation. </p> <ul><li>A W3C WG Note that articulates what the W3C and other organizations are doing or have already done with regards to device information. This document suggests an environment in which these technologies work together to meet the goals of content adaptation. The completed document was published on 31 October 2007.</li> <li>A W3C WG Note describing the ecosystem surrounding creation, maintenance and use of device descriptions. The completed document was published on 31 October 2007.</li> <li>A W3C WG Note describing a set of requirements for a reference repository of device descriptions. The completed document was published on 17 December 2007.</li> <li>A W3C WG Note describing a process to manage contributions to an initial core vocabulary, identification of key device properties, a formal initial core vocabulary and the identification of a maintainer for the core vocabulary. The details were contained in the Working Group Note describing the DDWG Core Vocabulary published on 14 April 2008.</li> <li>A W3C WG Note defining useful grouping and structure patterns in device descriptions. The Device Description Structures document was published as a Working Draft on 5 December 2008. The intention is that this document will be future input to other W3C groups.</li> <li>A W3C Recommendation defining a language-neutral programming interface to a Device Description Repository. The DDR Simple API was published on 5 December 2008.</li> <li>There is the possibility of future publications on the DDWG wiki describing implementations of the API in various languages, including Java, IDL, WSDL, C# etc.</li></ul> <p>Much of the DDWG's material was developed in public via the DDWG Wiki and through their public mailing lists. </p> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Device_Description_Repository/l2R5s8H9">Device Description Repository</a></li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="http://www.w3.org/2005/MWI/DDWG/">W3C Device Description Working Group public homepage</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.w3.org/Mobile/">W3C Mobile Web Initiative</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.w3.org/Mobile/Dev">W3C MWI Developer Resources</a></li></ul>