[JDEV] JabberForge Update

[Gregor J. Rothfuss]

> JF is being developed as a set of slighly linked systems that 
> will eventually expose XML-RPC interfaces.  This will allow 
> them to easily be used in other web engines and also merge 
> into the engine that is being written for the jabber.org website.

excellent. i was going to advocate for that ;)

> So it's essentially what you describe.  Currently I'm in a 
> get it done ASAP mode, so I'm doing most of the pieces in 
> simple PHP or using preexisting systems.

one project to watch in this space is phpgroupware. they
will re-implement sourceforge for the fsf and already
expose some functionality as xml-rpc. very powerful
stuff, and they can deliver today.

great that you didn't fall into the "not invented here"
trap and build on existing solutions.

going forward, i can see a lot of powerful interconnects
between the web and the im space. xml-rpc will unlock
that value.

for instance i was recently thinking about using the
jabber infrastructure to do presence management for
distributed web sites.

all in all great news.

-gregor

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Gregor J. Rothfuss | rothfuss at abstrakt.ch | http://greg.abstrakt.ch