CC/PP—Composite Capabilities/Preferences Profiles

The advent of connection to the World Wide Web from mobile devices brings with it many possibilities and opportunities. Looking beyond the hype, of which there is an enormous amount at present, there also are genuinely exciting possibilities. In parallel with those opportunities, there also are significant technical issues yet to be solved.

One of those issues is how to ensure that the Web page (or "deck" on mobile browsers) sent by a Web server is appropriate to the browser to which it is sent.

The exchange of information between a browser and server, which will form an important mechanism underlying CC/PP, does not arise in a vacuum. Already it is possible to exchange information using the ...

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