[JDEV] client proposal

[Thomas D. Charron]

  Holy read-the-protocol-specs batman.. ;-P

  It's a great suggestion.  So great, we did it from the getgo.. ;-P
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Thomas Charron

On Wed, 08 Sep 1999 15:16:56   Ryan Eatmon wrote:
>
>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
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