OMA Multimodal and Multi-device V1.0

The Multimodal multi-device enabler provides an architecture for the management and synchronization of mixed modalities of interaction on mobile devices. It describes the different logical components required to support multimodal and multidevice interaction and the different deployment configurations that can be supported. The enabler does not assume particular authoring model for multimodal or multi-device interactions. The architecture supports the use of relevant standards from the W3C, IETF and others and identifies where OMA developed specifications are needed to create the desired open and heterogeneous computing environment. While the architecture is not limited to any set of modalities or associated languages, some examples of key modalities include speech, handwriting and haptic as well as visual input and output.

This work was done in tight cooperation with the Multi-modal Working Group of W3C. When the decision was taken in W3C to discontinue the development of technical support language, it left this work without a forward path. This reference release is the recognition of the fact that the architecture defined herein is applicable to any multi-modal work taken up in the future, whether by OMA or another organization.