Presence and IntComm WG

["Ben Chinowsky" <>]

*Action Items as of June 1*

(new)
[ACTION] Steve will ask a SIPPS-using coworker about this product.
[ACTION] Rodger will ask Jiri for comment on SIPPS.
[ACTION] Candace will look into Tyler Johnson's client, built on Java Media
Framework.

(from previous calls)
[ACTION] Ben C. will draft an update to http://pic.internet2.edu/pic-ser/#faq
based on the May 19 Q&A.
[ACTION] Jamey, Steve and Ben T. will install the pre-release PIC-SER
RPM, using Candace's draft install doc and taking notes for improvements
to both the package and the documentation.
[ACTION] Jamey will continue to pursue interoperability issues with Jeff King
at Wave3 and the SIP expert at Xten.
[ACTION] Jamey will enable eyeBeam to use presence info to decide
whether messages should go straight to voicemail.
[ACTION] Jamey will update the interface requirements document.
[ACTION] Candace will write a description of a simple way to append PUBLISH
messages from the client to the servers, in order to provide a basic way to
do location and presence tracking.
[ACTION] Ben T. will write a short document describing the motivation for the
paths-in-the-snow approach to PIC development.
[ACTION] Jamey will continue working on the future of the skiffs, and solicit
opinions from PIC members as needed.
[ACTION] People will research skiff-like offerings from various companies:
- Dennis - Newbury
- Steve - Airwave
- Rodger - Airespace (now part of Cisco)
- Jeremy - Eckehau (via Walt Magnusson)

*Attendees*

Jeremy George (chair) - Yale
Dennis Baron - MIT
Steve Blair - Penn
Candace Holman - Harvard
Jamey Hicks - HP
Rodger Will - Ford
Ben Chinowsky (scribe) - Internet2

*Discussion*

Candace has received several PIC-SER proposals and is expecting more by
the May 31 deadline. She has assembled a committee to consider the proposals;
a meeting will be scheduled shortly after the 31st.

Some new UAs have come to the group's attention:
- The pua.pl "command-line presence user agent" is available at
http://pua-pl.berlios.de/; Candace has set up a PALS account for them. pua.pl 
is
available under the GPL.
- Nero is now in the VoIP business; see http://www.sippstar.com/. [ACTION]
Steve will ask a SIPPS-using coworker about this product. [ACTION] Rodger will
ask Jiri for comment on SIPPS.
- [ACTION] Candace will look into Tyler Johnson's client, built on Java Media
Framework. (Low priority for the moment.)

Candace expects more new SIP clients to be released in the next few months, 
and
asks all to be on the lookout.