[JDEV] Roster: additional information

[Thomas Muldowney]

Does it not store any information that you embed with a <x/> in the <item/>?

I haven't ever tested it, but the code tends to preserve extra info.

--temas

On Sat, Aug 05, 2000 at 09:44:18AM -0400, David Waite wrote:
> How about adding xmlns extension support to jabber:*:roster?
> 
> -David Waite
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: jdev-admin at jabber.org [mailto:jdev-admin at jabber.org]On Behalf Of
> > Max Horn
> > Sent: Saturday, August 05, 2000 6:04 AM
> > To: jdev at jabber.org
> > Subject: [JDEV] Roster: additional information
> > 
> > 
> > How about adding an additional field to roster item. Currently, 
> > roster items store a JID, subscription information, a nick name and a 
> > list of group names.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Now, many people want to add some additional information to each 
> > roster item (like me <g>). A single fields (<notes> or whatever) 
> > would already be sufficient. E.g. it's usuful to store a quick info 
> > *who* someone is, and maybe where you met him/what he wanted etc...
> > 
> > 
> > Since we use XML, this could be added easily and fully backwards 
> > compatible. Older clients would just ignore it.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > I was asked about this feature by several ppl, they wanted me to add 
> > it to Jabbernaut. While I could easily do this by keeping a local DB, 
> > it would kinda defeat the idea behind server-sider rosters. Plus, I 
> > think this feature is sufficiently interesting for all of the Jabber 
> > community.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Your comments, please!
> > 
> > 
> > Max
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