Presence and IntComm WG

[Steve Blair <>]

Is there some way to add an HTML document to the wiki without editing 
the text to wrap wiki tags around all the HTML?

Thanks,Steve

Ben Chinowsky wrote:

> *Action Items as of May 31*
>
> (high priority)
> [ACTION] (5/25) Deke will send Mark a list of PIC members who need jabberd
> and/or shell accounts on the Penn XMPP server.
> [ACTION] (5/25) Mark will look for XMPP software that supports roster push.
> [ACTION] (5/25) All will send the list their thoughts on use cases that could
> drive the group's XMPP work.
> [ACTION] (5/18) Ben T. will post the calendar-integration code (written by his
> 2005 SoC student) on the Penn XMPP server; Mark will evaluate prospects for
> modifying it to drive XMPP presence.
> [ACTION] (5/11 - in progress) Ben T. will look for students active in Place 
> Lab
> to work with PIC.
> [ACTION] (5/4) Rodger will send the PIC WG a matrix of XMPP clients to try.
> [ACTION] (5/4 - in progress) Steve will draft a strawman proposal for PIC's 
> XMPP
> work; others are welcome to help.
> [ACTION] (5/4) Rodger will send notes to assorted mailing lists, asking for
> input on PIC's XMPP plan.
>
> (medium priority)
> [ACTION] (4/13) Rodger, Joe, Ben T., Steve, and Candace will continue testing
> Gaim SIMPLE against pals.
> [ACTION] (3/2) Joe will ask Jon Peterson to join a PIC call to talk about work
> in IETF SIMPLE.
> [ACTION] (1/12 - ongoing) Ben T., Candace, and Steve will continue with 
> pals-dev
> testing.
> [ACTION] (1/5 - in progress) Rodger will look for carrier reps to present
> perspectives on IMS.
> [ACTION] (12/8 - in progress) Dennis will schedule Megan Pengelly to summarize
> Columbia's PIC-SER experience on a future call.
> [ACTION] (pre-12/8 - in progress) Candace will add a wiki document on strict 
> vs.
> loose routing.
> [ACTION] (pre-12/8 - in progress) Rodger will try to reach his contact at
> Barracuda Networks.
> [ACTION] (pre-12/8 - in progress) Rodger will contact Erik Lagerway.
> [ACTION] (pre-12/8 - in progress) Rodger and Joe will write up some use cases
> for federations.
> [ACTION] (pre-12/8) Rodger will try to organize a call with CounterPath.
>
> (low priority)
> [ACTION] (pre-12/8) Candace and Jamey will initiate an email discussion of 
> their
> proposal to modify the SER PA module so it can do presence via SUBSCRIBE and
> NOTIFY, to accommodate clients that don't do PUBLISH.
> [ACTION] (pre-12/8) Jamey will enable eyeBeam to use presence info to decide
> whether messages should go straight to voicemail.
> [ACTION] (pre-12/8) Jamey will update the interface requirements document.
> [ACTION] (pre-12/8) People will research skiff-like offerings from various
> companies:
> - Dennis - Newbury
> - Rodger - Airespace (now part of Cisco)
> - Jeremy - Eckehau (via Walt Magnussen)
> [ACTION] (pre-12/8) Ben T. will write a short document describing the 
> motivation
> for the paths-in-the-snow approach to PIC development.
>
> *Attendees*
>
> Rodger Will (chair) - Ford
> Joe Rork - Ford
> Deke Kassabian - Penn
> Mark Sirota - Penn
> Steve Blair - Penn
> Dennis Baron- MIT
> Candace Holman - Harvard
> Ben Teitelbaum - Internet2
> Ben Chinowsky (scribe) - Internet2
>
> *Discussion*
>
> The group discussed various aspects of its planned XMPP work.
> - Steve asked if his XMPP strawman document should discuss SIMPLE. There was
> general agreement that while SIMPLE and XMPP/SIMPLE gatewaying will not be a
> major focus of this work, they should be included in the document.
> - [ACTION] Deke will send Mark a list of PIC members who need jabberd and/or
> shell accounts on the Penn XMPP server.
> - There was interest in Rodger's suggestion that the group work on 
> "interdomain
> presence passing." Steve suggested that if we were to roll this out at an
> Internet2 Member Meeting demo, then package it as a PIC-SER release, there
> would likely be strong user interest in using it for IM.
> - Rodger asked if XMPP can do "roster push" -- populating new users' buddy 
> lists
> from the server, so everyone doesn't have to manually subscribe to everyone 
> else
> before they can get started. Mark confirmed that it's in the spec, but he
> doesn't know if there's actual code that supports it yet. [ACTION] Mark will
> look for XMPP software that supports roster push.
> - Rodger praised the calendar integration in the latest Microsoft Office
> presence tools; he suggests taking a look at this to get ideas for a possible
> open-standards-based implementation of calendar-driven presence.
> - Mark noted that Jabber supports group chat with several levels of anonymity,
> e.g., no one except the moderator can see who you are.
> - The group considered mobile clients. There was general agreement that while 
> we
> should definitely stick with IP-only, this could well include working with new
> types of devices, WiFi phones in particular.
>
> [ACTION] All will send the list their thoughts on use cases that could drive 
> the
> group's XMPP work.
>
>
>  

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