- From: Harry Halpin <hhalpin@ibiblio.org>
- Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2009 14:56:18 +0100
- To: public-xg-socialweb@w3.org
Everyone, I imagine many of you are familiar with XMPP, but just in case you aren't, it's an open XML-based protocol that runs on top of TCP (and can use HTTP bindings) for decentralized presence and messaging. The specifications (currently being updated) are here [1] and additional add-ons are here at the XMPP foundation [2]. I use it nearly everyday in my instant messenger client Pidgin and it also runs Google Talk. If you haven't gotten a Jabber ID, I'd recommend getting one and using it. Lots of great potential conversations around Jabber IDs in general, OpenID, certificates (which XMPP) supports, security (see Off-the-Record [3]), and its use in federating social networks, i.e. Google Wave [4], and older but still interesting work combining OAuth with XMPP [5] in Fireeagle. Note that XMPP is not a W3C specification, but an IETF specification done by the non-profit XMPP (formerly Jabber) foundation [2]. [1]http://xmpp.org/rfcs/ [2]http://xmpp.org/ [3]http://www.cypherpunks.ca/otr/ [4]http://wave.google.com/ [5]http://fireeagle.yahoo.net/developer/documentation/oauth_over_xmpp
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