[jdev] what is a jabber 'service'?

[Alexey Nezhdanov]

В сообщении от Пятница 06 Январь 2006 09:45 Randall W написал(a):
> Am experimenting with an application to monitor my
> system and alert me via IM if I'm available. I have a
> private jabber server running.
>
> Have been doing it by writing a client using the
> Net::XMPP perl modules however I keep reading about
> these jabber 'services'?
>
> So (and assume no underlying  knowledge at all here)
> can someone explain
>
> 1. What a jabber 'service' is and how it differs from
> a program-controlled client.
"jabber service" is usually some entity that provides additional service to 
jabber network. Examples: gateway to other IM system (ICQ, AOL, etc...), 
conference, pubsub, etc... Service usually have only domain in it's name.
F.e.: conference.jabber.org

> 2. Is it possible to write a 'service' in perl?  
Yes

> If so 
> how?
Read documentation about your perl library. Google around to find out how 
service should behave. Read Component protocol JEP 
(http://www.jabber.org/jeps/jep-0114.html) to find out how to connect (you'll 
need controlled jabber server for this).

> Sorry if this is OT for this list- I'm a total jabber
> newbie.
>
>
>
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Respectfully
Alexey Nezhdanov