In a wireless portal system having a wireless server, a client aware
Extensible Markup Language (XML) content integration and transformation
method and system. The client aware XML content integration and
transformation system includes logic for identifying wireless client
devices connecting to the wireless server by using particular
characteristics of the client in presenting XML content formatted in
response to connection requests from the client to the server. In one
embodiment of the present invention, the client aware XML content
transformation system receives an indication of a client type and uses
this information to automatically search for XML content from a plurality
of back-end resource servers on the Internet and transforms the content
into a format suitable for delivery to the client. The means of
formatting the XML content uses a style sheet such as an Extensible Style
sheet Language (XSL) specific to the client type of the client requesting
the XML content to transform the XML content into an appropriate markup
to the client.