[jdev] The future of Jabber/XMPP?

[Peter Saint-Andre]

On 7/12/10 1:58 PM, Dave Cridland wrote:
> On Mon Jul 12 19:43:00 2010, Bill de hÓra wrote:
>> On Mon, 2010-07-12 at 10:03 +0100, Dave Cridland wrote:
>>
>> A well defined mobile XMPP profile seems like a good idea, instead of
>> grab bagging various XEPs and trying them out. Once there was an optimal
>> mobile profile, whether or not XML makes sense would be much clearer.
> 
> From a mobile client implementor's perspective yes.
> 
> From a protocol designer's perspective, it's horrible - a Big Switch is
> very hard to specify, and often ends up including the kitchen sink.
> 
> This in turn means it's a nightmare for server implementors.
> 
> I'd be interested in seeing a mobile XMPP specification which - like the
> Lemonade one for email - simply points to a handful of specifications
> and how to use them effectively, as well as providing useful background.
> I have some of this written already, so I'll submit it as-is, and work
> on improving it.

It seems that you did so... :)

http://xmpp.org/extensions/inbox/mobile.html