[jdev] XEP-0115: Entity Capabilities - Presence Stanza

[Dave Cridland]

On Tue May 13 06:55:16 2008, JabberForum wrote:
> 
> XEP 115 talks about presence based messaging for entity  
> capabilities.
> 
> As an example, it talks about presence packets being sent like this
> <c xmlns='http://jabber.org/protocol/caps'
> hash='sha-1'
> node='http://code.google.com/p/exodus'
> ver='QgayPKawpkPSDYmwT/WM94uAlu0='/>
> 
> 
Not quite - it talks about presence stanzas containing such elements.  
You can have other elements, and quite often you would (for status,  
priority, etc).

> (b) Is it possible to send <c> element at any other time other than  
> the
> time when the xmpp client logs in / logs out?

You can send presence stanzas whenever you like - it's generally done  
whenever the presence state changes.

Dave.
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