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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">We've got the beginnings of an xdb backend written in Java, and </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">are presently looking to make it open to the public. </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Presently it supports registration and authentication over the</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">jabber:iq:auth:0k namespace, handles rosters, and temporary</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">vcards (offline message and filter support will be forthcoming).</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">It should be able to talk to just about any JDBC friendly</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">DBMS (although at present most development has been</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">on PostgreSQL). So, this should take care of Oracle, MS SQL 7.0,</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">DB2, etc, etc, etc.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">The point:</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">I was rather curious if any of you had any suggestions as to how</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">best to package this. I was thinking that something along the lines</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">of: org.jabber.xdb or org.jabber.backends.xdb</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Similarly, I'd like to know about any licensing issues I should be</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">made aware of.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. (Presently, we're</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">looking at putting up a Sourceforge site, etc, etc, etc).</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Matthew D. Diez</FONT>
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