Presence and IntComm WG

[Steve Blair <>]

Ben Teitelbaum wrote:

> Steve Blair 
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> > > Candace,
> > >
> > > This is a great list.  I might add:
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> > > 7. Off-line presence (i.e in the absence of any PUAs); for example, a
> > >  PA might report when a user was last seen;
> > >
> > >      
> > Really? This would seem to pull PIC back into the social context
> > conversation. I would think the key is user settable presence. For
> > example if a users wants such off-line presence they could enable it
> > but it would be off by default. Am I missing the big picture on this
> > one?
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> When I've heard Henning talk about this, the model is still very much
> that the user sets the policy and composition rules and uploads them
> to a PA via XCAP.  I'm not sure where the specification of policy
> language stands in SIMPLE.  
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> Note that RPID has "since" and "until" attributes, so some of the
> off-line presence that a PA might furnish could have been explicitly
> published by a user's presentity.  For example, a local calendar app
> on a user's laptop might publish "on plane until 18:20 UTC" just
> before disconnecting.  Authorized watchers should be able to retrieve
> this presence from the user's PA while he/she is off-line on the
> plane.
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>  
Very good example. That was what I was missing. Thanks.

> -- ben
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