[JDEV] JEP 0038 ((Emot)Icon Styles) Updated

[Sebastiaan 'CBAS' Deckers]

Adam Theo wrote:
> A new revision of JEP 0038 is out now.
> http://www.jabber.org/jeps/jep-0038.html
> 
> It deals with packaging graphic and sound files along with a definition
> file for easy exchange and sharing between any supporting clients, used
> for emoticons and ascii art within messages.
> 
> Changes: really just simplified and streamlined many parts of it.
> Avoided many of the generic ideas, leaving those for a future spec that
> is not so IM-specific. Please read through the spec in detail, and
> report back any errors or questions you have. And this is really what I
> envision the final spec to be like, so everyone can feel free to begin
> making refernce implimentations and converting their code and existing
> icon styles over to the updated spec.


Please expand on what the http://jabber.org/protocol/icon-styles 
namespace is to be used for.  Does it serve a purpose other than telling 
clients you support this specification?  (Is that even necessary?)

I see you still have not added my suggestion of an <x/> element in the 
<message/> with the name and version of the emoticon style that was used 
to compose the message body.  Can you please tell me why not?  It works, 
and has been doing a perfect job in my client since june.
Such a system would also be the first step in building the 
infrastructure needed to look up and retrieve unknown emoticon styles.

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Sebastiaan Deckers