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| XHTML, Javascript, CSS | W3C | W3C TR XHTML1
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| yes (w/q) | yes (w/q) | no | yes (w/q) | no | no |
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| MHP | DVB | ETSI TS 101 812... |
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| high | Osmosys | procedural | static | procedural animation,
frame based | future | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | no | partially,
micro-browser |
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| DVB-GEM |
| DVB-GEM | DVB | ETSI TS 102 819... | MHP (without DVB) | wp | high | Sun | procedural | static | procedural animation,
frame based | future | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | no | partially,
micro-browser |
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| broadcast | OCAP (tru2way) | CableLabs | (industry consortium) | MHP (70%) | wp | medium | CableLabs | procedural | static | procedural animation,
frame based | future | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | no | partially,
micro-browser |
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| ARIB B.23 | ARIB |
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| IPTV | GEM-IPTV |
| ETSI | MHP 1.2 subset |
| high | Alticast | procedural | static | procedural animation,
frame based | future | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
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| Packaged media | BD-J | BluRay | (specs) | GEM | wp | medium | Sun | procedural | static | procedural animation,
frame based | future | - | - | - | yes | yes | no | partially,
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| wp | medium, low | S&T | declarative, partially declarative, procedural | CMS | procedural animation | none | yes | yes | yes (w/q) | yes | yes | no | fully,
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| low | CableLabs |
| static | none | none | yes (w/q) | no | no | yes | yes | no | fully |
| no | no | no | yes (w/q) | no | no |
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| wTVML | BSkyB | ETSI TS 102 322 |
| wp | medium | BSkyB | declarative, partially declarative | CMS | procedural animation | none |
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| Mediaroom | Microsoft | (proprietary) |
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| OpenTV | OpenTV |
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| LASeR / SAF | MPEG | ISO/IEC 14496-20 (MPEG-4 part 20) | SVG Tiny 1.2 and ECMA Script | wp | low | Streamezzo | declarative, partially declarative | CMS | declarative animation | simulated | yes | yes | no | yes | yes | no | fully, partially |
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| OMA RME / 3GPP DIMS | OMA / 3GPP | (industry consortium: DIMS) | SVG Tiny 1.2 and ECMA Script |
| low | NSN | partially declarative | CMS | declarative animation | simulated | yes | no | no | yes | yes | no | partially |
| no | no | no | yes | no | no | small |
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| MIDP + optional JSR | Sun | JSR-000118 |
| wp | low | TUBS | partially declarative, procedural | static, CMS | procedural animation, declarative animation | full | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | no | partially |
| yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
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| Android | Google |
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| BREW | Qualcomm |
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