[JDEV] client proposal

[Ryan Eatmon]

Hi, I'm new to the list but thought I'd throw in some input.

Since this is going to be an XML based transport, wouldn't it make sense
for the Jabber clients to format the message in XML?  Then it would be
the server's responsibility to reformat the message into the target
transports message format.  Or if the message is going to another Jabber
client it would passed straight through.

Some benefits from this method:
1) You can create new tags and the target client will ignore the tags if
it doesn't recognize them.
2) The idea that any program can use Jabber to pass messages around
would mean that the program might want to embed some information in the
message that is meaningful.  In other words if I make a card game that
use Jabber I might want to send a message that reads:
   <discard><suit>Hearts</suit><rank>Ace</rank></discard>
 Or chess:
   <move><from><row>1</row><column>A</column>
    </from><to><row>2</row><column>B</column></to></move>
 Or a database transaction:
   <transaction><deposit><account>11111111</account>
    <amount>$9999.99</amount></transaction>


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Ryan Eatmon                reatmon at ti.com
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Mixed Signal Product Development EDA Team