Presence and IntComm WG

[Candace Holman <>]

I googled for an html to wiki converter, and there are some.  I don't 
know which would work best.

http://ken.bantoft.org/htmltowiki.php
http://search.cpan.org/~tels/Convert-Wiki-0.05/lib/Convert/Wiki.pm

Candace

Steve Blair wrote:
> 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.
> >
> >
> >