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.
The WAP Forum developed it, and since 2002, the Open Mobile Alliance has maintained it as a standard for transmitting XML documents efficiently via mobile networks. It was suggested as part of the World Wide Web Consortium's Wireless Application Protocol suite.