John Schafer
Project Proposal for CS 898T, Summer 2005

Topic: J2ME and XML: Issues and an Implementation 

Goals:
  [1] Briefly examine the history of XML connectivity using J2ME
  [2] Examine the specification and final version of JSR 172 J2ME Web Services Specification.
  [3] Examine SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol) and its implementation issues using J2ME.
  [4] Examine the current state of implementation of XML database tools using Java and, more specifically, J2ME.
  [4] Implement XML data access using J2ME.

Scope:
  - This project is part research and part programming.  I will examine the background issues of accessing XML data using J2ME, examine the current state of
    the technology, and implement it.
  - Depending on the current state of the technology, I hope to implement J2ME connection to an existing XML database.

References:
[1] Jonathan Knudsen.  "Parsing XML in J2ME."  http://developers.sun.com/techtopics/mobility/midp/articles/parsingxml/
[2] Jon Ellis, Mark Young.  "JSR-000172 J2ME Web Services Specification (Final Release)."
    http://jcp.org/aboutJava/communityprocess/final/jsr172/index.html.
[3] Michael Yuan.  Enterprise J2ME: Developing Mobile Java Applications.  Prentice Hall, 2004.
[4] Michael Yuan.  "Access Web Services from Wireless Devices: Handle SOAP Messages on MIDP Devices using kSOAP."
    http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-08-2002/jw-0823-wireless.html.
[5] Andrew Eisenberg, Jim Melton,  "JSR 225: XQuery API for Java (XQJ)."
    http://jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=225.