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Nov. 20, 2008

Mobile search company Visibility Mobile is announcing Meta-TXT.

The new technology is intended to become a new standard for developers to inform Web browsers of a site’s numerous editions, such as a mobile version or RSS version.

Visibility Mobile and other startups said that about 997 mobile sites already use the concept, which is simply some code in a text file.

The group is supported by Ireland’s Waterford Institute of Technology but not by any official standards-setting organization.

Critics assert that MetaTXT is proprietary and that large companies like Google probably won't use it.

Worse, it’s even trying to solve a problem that simply doesn't exist, some argue.

The group’s other members are Ab-Phone, JumpTap, MCN, Medio Systems, Mobilytics, Nubiq and Taptu.

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Source: Visibility Mobile.