Presence and IntComm WG

[Ben Teitelbaum <>]

I'd like to see the group really test the hypothesis that IM&P works
best as a campus/enterprise-enabled service.  It makes little
difference whether its XMPP or SIMPLE (though pragmatism would seem to
argue in favor of the former).  What matters is that we get the
plumbing right.  

It's interesting that Google is allowing open XMPP federation and, at
the same time, allowing campuses to point their MX records at GMail
[1].  It's almost as if they are trying to conduct a bake-off between
enterprise-enabled and hosted communications.

1. http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2006/02/big-mail-on-campus.html

P.S. I don't think much of protocol interworking and gatewaying.
     Internet2 should test grand ideas, not do grunt work.

-- ben

"Will, Rodger (R.)" 
<>
 writes:

> The recent developments in the XMPP protocol world have moved XMPP, as
> deployed, into the Integrated Communications sphere.  I would like some
> feedback as to what role XMPP should play in Working Group activities
> going forward.  Thought starters:
>
> - Presence exchange between XMPP and SIMPLE systems
> - Media Stream Interopability/Gateways
>
> Others? Thanks in advance for your feedback.
>
> Regards,
>
> Rodger M. Will
> Ford Motor Company
> Mobility and Collaborative Computing, Enterprise Technologies
> Tel: 313-323-2636
> 
>  
> Internal Blog: http://www.at.ford.com/at/index.php?q=blog/57
>

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Ben Teitelbaum   http://people.internet2.edu/~ben/