ɪt wʌz dɪvˈɛləpt baɪ ðə dˌʌbəljˌuːˌeɪpˈiː fˈoːɹəm ænd sˈɪns tˈuː θˈaʊzənd tˈuː ɪz meɪntˈeɪnd baɪ ðɪ ˈoʊpən mˈoʊbəl ɐlˈaɪəns æz ɐ stˈændɚd tʊ ɐlˈaʊ ˌɛksˌɛmˈɛl dˈɑːkjuːmənts təbi tɹænsmˈɪɾᵻd ɪn ɐ kəmpˈækt mˈænɚɹ ˌoʊvɚ mˈoʊbəl nˈɛtwɜːks ænd pɹəpˈoʊzd æz ɐn ɐdˈɪʃən tə ðə wˈɜːld wˈaɪd wˈɛb kənsˈɔːɹɾiəmz wˈaɪɚləs ˌæplɪkˈeɪʃən pɹˈoʊɾəkˌɑːl fˈæmɪli ʌv stˈændɚdz.
It was developed by the WAP Forum and since 2002 is maintained by the Open Mobile Alliance as a standard to allow XML documents to be transmitted in a compact manner over mobile networks and proposed as an addition to the World Wide Web Consortium's Wireless Application Protocol family of standards.