[JDEV] Emoticons & Genicons

[Adam Theo]

Hi, all. As part of my Jabber Client Guidelines 
[http://www.theoretic.com/?Jabber_Client_Guidelines], I am working on a 
JEP for emoticons in Jabber IM clients. This JEP will only attempt to 
standardize the simple textstring-based method, not XHTML or Jabber's X 
tags. This is for simplicity's sake. However, it is not exclusive, and 
allows for future standards using those other methods when Jabber is 
ready to handle such full-blown mechanisms.

My only question right now is whether I should separate "emoticons" 
(those emotive-based graphics) from "genicons" (my own term for 
non-emotive, generic graphics of beer mugs, mail envelopes, house keys, 
moons, and such). I think I should, since I don't want to clutter the 
"emoticon space". But, if I do separate them, should I include them in 
the same JEP, or two different JEPs?

Thanks.

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