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*grin* Actually, I think of it as a resource, just like with HTTP.
<p>-David Waite
<p>"Emswiler, Mike" wrote:
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span class=EmailStyle16><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'><font face="Arial"><font color="#000080"><font size=-1>Just
my $.02 worth:</font></font></font><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class=EmailStyle16><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'><![if !supportEmptyParas]><![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></span>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class=EmailStyle16><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'><font face="Arial"><font color="#000080"><font size=-1>It
is an interesting debate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"></span>I started
working with jabber some time ago thinking of resource as a location, but
now that I?ve used Jabber more and more, I tend to think of it more of
a device, as in pager, cell phone, or even email.</font></font></font><o:p></o:p></span></span>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class=EmailStyle16><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'><![if !supportEmptyParas]><![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></span>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class=EmailStyle16><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'><font face="Arial"><font color="#000080"><font size=-1>For
example, in my client, I find it useful to be able to send a text message
to <a href="mailto:mikee@jabber.com/workpc">mikee@jabber.com/workpc</a>,
<a href="mailto:mikee@jabber.com/homepc">mikee@jabber.com/homepc</a>, <a href="mailto:mikee@jabber.com/pager">mikee@jabber.com/pager</a>, <span
style="mso-spacerun: yes"></span><a href="mailto:mikee@jabber.com/mobile">mikee@jabber.com/mobile</a>
or <a href="mailto:mikee@jabber.com/cell">mikee@jabber.com/cell</a> , or
even <a href="mailto:mikee@jabber.com/email">mikee@jabber.com/email</a>
(which just redirects to whatever email address I have programmed it to
? during the day it might be my work email and at night it might be home
email?)</font></font></font><o:p></o:p></span></span>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class=EmailStyle16><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'><![if !supportEmptyParas]><![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></span>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class=EmailStyle16><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'><font face="Arial"><font color="#000080"><font size=-1>Or
I can just send to <a href="mailto:mikee@jabber.com">mikee@jabber.com</a>
and let my client determine the resource to actually deliver to based on
the schedule and delivery mechanism I (as the end-user of my client) provide.</font></font></font><o:p></o:p></span></span>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class=EmailStyle16><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'><![if !supportEmptyParas]><![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></span>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class=EmailStyle16><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'><font color="#000080"><font size=-1><font face="Arial">Of
course, my client is more voice-centric and acts more like a CB than anything
else, so mostly it goes to homepc or workpc resources ? too bad Nextel
hasn?t published a gateway to their Direct Connect feature </span></span><span
class=EmailStyle16><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;
mso-ascii-font-family:Arial;mso-hansi-font-family:Arial;mso-char-type:symbol;
mso-symbol-font-family:Wingdings'><span style='mso-char-type:symbol;mso-symbol-font-family:
Wingdings'></font><font face="Wingdings">J</span></span></span><span class=EmailStyle16><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'></font><font face="Arial">
yet.</font></font></font><o:p></o:p></span></span>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class=EmailStyle16><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'><![if !supportEmptyParas]><![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></span>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class=EmailStyle16><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'><font face="Arial"><font color="#000080"><font size=-1>Irregardless
of the client usage, *<span style='font-weight:bold'><b>I</span></b>* think
resource is the perfect name because it is truly generic, allowing it to
be a location or a device, or just about anything else someone might envision
10 years from now.</font></font></font><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"></span><o:p></o:p></span></span>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class=EmailStyle16><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'><![if !supportEmptyParas]><![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></span>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class=EmailStyle16><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'><font color="#000080"><font size=-1><font face="Arial">However,
in developing *<span style='font-weight:bold'><b>your</span></b>* client,
you might find it useful to call it whatever you like ? it?s just a display
label you present to the user.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"></span>Besides,
I can?t imagine the work involved in actually renaming the thing throughout
all the <grin> documentation, web pages, etc. or even more evilly, the
source itself </span></span><span class=EmailStyle16><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Wingdings;mso-ascii-font-family:Arial;mso-hansi-font-family:Arial;
mso-char-type:symbol;mso-symbol-font-family:Wingdings'><span style='mso-char-type:
symbol;mso-symbol-font-family:Wingdings'></font><font face="Wingdings">J</font></font></font></span></span></span><span
class=EmailStyle16><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></span>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class=EmailStyle16><span
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<p class="MsoAutoSig"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy'><font face="Times New Roman"><font color="#000080"><font size=+0>Thanks,</font></font></font></span><span
style='color:navy;mso-color-alt:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span>
<p class="MsoAutoSig"><span class=EmailStyle16><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
Arial'><font face="Arial"><font color="#000080"><font size=-1>MikeE</font></font></font><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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