SyncML®: Synchronizing and Managing Your Mobile Data

Chapter 4. SyncML Fundamentals

SyncML^® is an ambitious endeavor. It attempts to formulate a data synchronization protocol that interoperates across devices, networks, data types, and applications. Although the development of a common interoperable de facto synchronization standard is its primary goal, it must be designed such that it can be efficiently realized. Among other things, efficiency includes coping with resource-constrained mobile devices, operating over low-bandwidth wireless networks, and enabling servers to support millions of mobile devices. A data synchronization standard that interoperates but does not perform well adversely affects the overall user experience. Such a standard is not likely to be widely adopted. These considerations ...