Presence and IntComm WG

["Callahan, Tim" <>]

Is interoperability with Google's video groupchat on the horizon? Probably so 
(see article below)... they let it slip that it's XMPP/Jingle based, so it 
may actually be interoperable with things WE do.  This could fit into some of 
the work we've proposed/discussed, especially with the Internet2 Commons.   
Has anyone had any experience with Hangouts / have you attempted 
interoperability? (Does anyone know Justin Uberti? perhaps we can invite him 
to one of the calls.)
-Tim

Google plans to open Hangouts for interoperability:
http://gigaom.com/video/google-plus-hangouts-interoperability/
"Hangouts, the group video chat component of Google Plus that everyone's been 
raving about, could eventually be usable with other video chat clients and 
services as well. Google Real-time Communications Tech Lead Justin Uberti 
wrote this weekend on his blog that the company plans to publish the 
specifications necessary to interoperate with Hangouts."
...
"At a high level, it's based on XMPP MUC (XEP-0045) and Jingle 
(XEP-0166/167), with some other enhancements needed to handle our 
architecture."

Also:
Justin's Hangouts Blog
http://juberti.blogspot.com/2011/07/hangouts-mailbag.html