[JDEV] my interest -- a few questions

[Thomas Charron]

> From: owner-jdev at jabber.org [mailto:owner-jdev at jabber.org]On Behalf Of
> Jeremie
> Subject: Re: [JDEV] my interest -- a few questions
> I really like the voluntary approach also... probably something
> @jabber.org would be a good plan.
> Here is another idea that might just work: Reaper.  This is based on the
> <query/> proposal(and one of the reasons for querying).  Basically, a
> client doing a search would send a search query to their server.  Their
> server would then query all the modules to see if that is a local user.
> Then, failing that, the server could forward the query on to a
> master-query server, the Reaper.  The Reaper would routinely connect to
> any known(registered) public servers and query them for "public" users,
> basically users that opt-in for this service.  It would collect them and
> use that as a search base for the master queries.


	Both could be one and the same, really..  Allow the user to register itself
to the reaper, hence being directly added to the index.  Otherwise, they
will eventually be in the index as the Reaper gathers user data.

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Thomas Charron
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