[JDEV] Extending jabber:iq:search

[Peter Saint-Andre]

On Thu, Mar 27, 2003 at 05:11:01PM -0500, chelck at ebs.com wrote:

> Can jabber:iq:search be used to search any service or is it tied to the user 
> directory. I noticed that its DTD defines tags like <email/> and <nick/> 
> which makes me think it is not extensible. Also it seems to be based on query 
> by example which is kinda limiting.

Yes, it's hardcoded now. Bad, early protocol.

> If you needed a generic search protocol what would you use?

You'd need to write a new JEP. :) Or just use jabber:x:data (JEP-0004).

Peter