[JDEV] Q: Buddy icons?

[Jens Alfke]

I spent a lot of this weekend reading Jabber docs, but didn't see any 
mention in the protocol description of a way of requesting an icon / 
picture / cartoon / whatever for a jid. AIM supports this, although not 
very well, and it's a useful way to enhance the UI by showing pictures 
as well as names in the roster and in chat windows.

First off, did I just overlook something? If not, is anyone talking 
about adding such a feature? I'm thinking about writing a client and 
would really like to implement this, which means I'd like to discuss it 
with other interested people so it can be done elegantly and added to 
the official protocols for all clients to support as they see fit.

Thanks,

--Jens