Presence and IntComm WG

[Candace Holman <>]

Here's some press on the project:

Searching for your MIT mate? Try iFind
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1035_22-6143843.html?tag=nl.r18812

The article says that they hope to release the open-source iFind client 
under the GNU General Public License so that any school or group network 
can use it. Nice!

Candace

Dennis Baron wrote:
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> >           What location technology is used?
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> It's basically a Java thing with Place Lab under the cover.
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> > 1) Is there any existing or planned directory server integration?
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> > 2) Any plans to tie it into insideMIT in the future?
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> > 3) Any thoughts on relationship to XMPP/Jabber for IM?
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> > 4) Any planned connection to VoIP/Asterisk or Video Conferencing?
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> This is a research project from a group that are I'd loosely call urban
> planners.  We're working with them to figure out how to incorporate their work
> into future campus services.  For me one of the key challenges will be how to
> package services in a way that will be easy for users to start using; won't
> require that everybody use the same interfaces while still allowing
> communications between them; and allow for the customization to support 
> personal communications preferences that facilitate and control access and 
> presence status.
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> So the 1 through 4 are certainly among the things we'd like to see and
> we're trying to figure out the right approach - what order you build
> things - and how they all tie together.
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>                Dennis
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