[JDEV] Re: Jabber registry

[patrick]

> 
> Yes, I agree with the LDAP argument completly, and mod_ldap will be a
> standard module available and one of the more common ones to use.
> 
> BUT, the queries still need to come to the server via the normal XML path
> as the info/query proposal specifies, the server will then talk to the
> LDAP server(via mod_ldap). This way clients don't need to support LDAP
> natively, but most importantly, a good deal of the queries they are going
> to be making will be for dynamically retreived data from internally on the
> server and in other transports.

	Alright, that's a good argument. I now agree that the XML path is
important. I do have a question, though, regarding 'permanent' profile
information. This is stored per Jabber server, correct? So if I am a
jabber user with an address of patrick at jabber.kia.net, then the jabber
server at jabber.kia.net stores my profile (somewhere, maybe ldap, maybe
not), correct?

	I think that will make it very nearly impossible to have a central
registry of any relevance. For instance, I would not be able to find my
long lost brother 'joshua's jabber profile without querying every jabber
server in the world. And if I'm not querying them directly, then
jabber.kia.net is. Right?


Patrick

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