[jdev] which xmlns to use

Thu Jul 21 10:28:02 CDT 2005

Tim Fulcher - Clickatell wrote:
> Hi all
>  
> I admit that I'm not to clued up on all this namespace stuff, but I'm
> trying to wrap up some data about the user in an IM that that user has
> sent. so I assume that my packet should look something like this:
>  
> <message id="JN_5" to=romeo <mailto:to=romeo at capulets.com> 
> testing
> @capulets.com"><body>testing</body><x xmlns="jabber.x.data
> some_user_data="foobar" /></message>
>  
> So would that be correct? Or would this be OK:
>  
> <message id="JN_5" to=romeo <mailto:to=romeo at capulets.com> 
> testing
> @capulets.com"><body>testing</body><field xmlns="jabber.x.data
> some_user_data="foobar" /></message>
>  
> ?
>  
> If neither is correct could somebody point me in the right direction

If this is custom data used by your application, I would advise you to 
use a namespace that you control, such as "http://clickatell.com/foo". 
However, you probably want to check into the large number of JEPs in 
existence (http://www.jabber.org/jeps/) to see if the kind of data you 
want to send has already been defined. If not, you can always include a 
SHIM header (see JEP-0131), defining a new header name if necessary.

Peter

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Peter Saint-Andre
Jabber Software Foundation
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