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HDML

Handheld Device Markup Language

An old, proprietary markup language for creating web sites optimized for phones.

HDML was developed by Openwave, and only supported by Openwave browsers. It was replaced by open industry standards such as WML (part of the WAP standard), and later xHTML.

See: WML

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