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The purpose of The LEAP Manifesto is to provide a complete description
of the LEAP protocols and their intended role in the development of
the Mobile Messaging industry. The Manifesto includes:
- An overview of the Mobile Messaging industry, and a description
of the essential factors that are required for its long term success
and growth.
- A technical description of the LEAP protocols themselves.
- A description of the process used to develop the LEAP protocols,
and how and why this differs from the conventional development
process.
- Technical descriptions of key aspects of the LEAP protocols,
including their efficiency, and their implementation on Windows CE
devices and Palm OS devices.
- An analysis of several closed Mobile Messaging solutions
(e.g. WAP), and a description of LEAP's superiority to these closed
solutions.
- A description of our strategy for encouraging widespread usage
of the LEAP protocols, including the distribution of open-source
software implementations of the protocols, and the availability of
free subscriber services.
The LEAP Manifesto is organized as a series of largely independent
articles. Each of these articles stands on its own, and can be read
and understood independently of the others. Together, these articles
provide a complete picture of the Mobile Messaging industry and the
role of the LEAP protocols. Since each article is intended to be
self-contained, some material is duplicated in more than one article.
The LEAP Manifesto consists of the following articles:
- Executive Summary. An overview summary of the entire
LEAP Manifesto. The Executive Summary provides a brief
description of all the major elements of the manifesto.
First Published: 2000/8/4 Last Updated: 2000/12/5
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- Part I: The LEAP Protocols
- Overview of the LEAP Protocols. A general overview
description of the LEAP protocols.
First Published: August 4, 2000
Last Updated: August 8, 2000
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- The LEAP Protocol Development Model. A description of
the processes used to develop the LEAP protocols, and how and
why these differ from conventional development
processes. This article also includes a criticism of the IETF
protocol development processes.
First Published: August 4, 2000
Last Updated: June 16, 2000
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- Free Protocols Foundation Policies and Procedures A
description of the Free Protocols Foundations processses to
ensure the development and maintenance of patent-free protocols.
First Published: March 29, 2000
Last Updated: June 26, 2000
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- ESRO: A Foundation for the Development of Efficient
Protocols. A technical description of ESRO, the transport
mechanism component of LEAP.
First Published: August 4, 2000
Last Updated: August 9, 2000
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- EMSD: The LEAP E-Mail Component. A technical
description of EMSD, the e-mail component of LEAP.
First Published: August 4, 2000
Last Updated: July 14, 2000
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- Efficiency of EMSD. A technical paper analyzing the
efficiency characteristics of EMSD and comparing its
efficiency to other e-mail protocols.
First Published: October 23, 1996
Last Updated: August 16, 2000
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- A Brief History of LEAP. A summary of the major events
in the evolution of the LEAP protocols.
First Published: August 4, 2000
Last Updated: September 20, 2000
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- The Future of LEAP. A description of the planned future
development of LEAP, including descriptions of several
LEAP-based products and services which are currently under
development.
First Published: August 4, 2000
Last Updated: June 14, 2000
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- Part II: LEAPing Over Closed Solutions
- The WAP Trap. A detailed criticism of a set of
specifications called the Wireless Application Protocol, or
WAP. This article demonstrates that WAP is entirely
unfit to play the role of a Mobile Messaging industry
standard.
First Published: April 3, 2000
Last Updated: May 26, 2000
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- LEAP: One Alternative to WAP. A point-by-point
comparison of the LEAP protocols to the WAP
specifications. This article demonstrates that LEAP has all the desirable
characteristics of an industry standard protocol that WAP
lacks.
First Published: August 4, 2000
Last Updated: December 6, 2000
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- WAP Scraps. A discussion of what can be salvaged from
what remains of WAP.
First Published: August 28, 2001
Last Updated: August 28, 2001
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- WAP Scraps. A description of what to do with what is
left of WAP
First Published: 2001/8/13 Last Updated: 2001/8/13
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- Operation Whiteberry. A description of how equivalent
functionality to the closed BlackBerry mobile messaging
solution can be implemented based on a completely open model,
using existing open-source software implementations of LEAP,
and existing off-the-shelf hardware components.
First Published: February 27, 2001
Last Updated: August 2, 2001
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- Part III: Making LEAP Widespread
- Strategy for Making LEAP Widespread. A description of
our strategy for encouraging widespread usage of the LEAP
protocols, including the distribution of open-source software
implementations of the protocols, and the availability of free
subscriber services.
First Published: August 4, 2000
Last Updated: August 8, 2000
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- EMSD on Windows CE. A technical paper describing the
architecture and implementation of EMSD on Windows CE
devices.
First Published: March 3, 1997
Last Updated: August 16, 2000
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- LEAP on Palm OS. A technical paper describing the
architecture and implementation of LEAP on Palm OS devices.
First Published: TBD
Last Updated: TBD
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- Trying out LEAP. A step-by-step, hands-on demonstration
of how the LEAP protocols can be used to turn any Windows CE
device into a fully functional Mobile Messaging device.
First Published: June 12, 1998
Last Updated: June 12, 2000
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- WhiteBerry and Bluetooth. A description of how
WhiteBerry and Bluetooth can be used in combination to bring
new and enhanced messaging capabilities to the mobile
professional.
First Published: July 27, 2001
Last Updated: July 31, 2001
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- Use of EMSD for Mail Notification. A description of how
EMSD can be used to provide a general Mail Notification
service.
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- Lessons From History: Comparative Case Studies. An
analysis of the factors which lead to the success or failure
of protocols, including discussions of several historical case
studies.
First Published: August 4, 2000
Last Updated: July 7, 2000
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- Part IV: The Mobile Messaging Industry
- The Mobile Messaging Industry. An overview of the
Mobile Messaging industry, and a description of the essential
factors that are required for its long term success and
growth.
First Published: August 4, 2000
Last Updated: August 10, 2000
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The LEAP Manifesto is a work in progress, and various additional
articles are planned for future inclusion in the Manifesto.
Some of these future articles already exist in draft form, and are
available for review in the Draft Documents section of the LEAP Forum
website at
http://www.leapforum.org/draft-leapManifesto/.
As these and other articles are completed, they will be incorporated
into the Manifesto.
The LEAP Manifesto and all of its component articles are available in
multiple formats, including HTML, PDF, PostScript, and plain text. You
can view or download the Manifesto in any of these formats from the LEAP
Forum website at
http://www.LeapForum.org/leap/index.html.
The LEAP Manifesto is also available at the Free Protocols
Foundation website at
http://www.FreeProtocols.org/leap/index.html.
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