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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222">Hi,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222">Is there any guidance or recommendation about how an XMPP client should show a contact's presence if it receives different presence information from different
endpoints?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222">Examples:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222">Say<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:alice@aaa.com" target="_blank"><span style="color:#1155CC">alice@aaa.com</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>has<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:bob@bbb.com" target="_blank"><span style="color:#1155CC">bob@bbb.com</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>in
her contact list.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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1:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:alice@aaa.com" target="_blank"><span style="color:#1155CC">alice@aaa.com</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>sends a probe to<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:bob@bbb.com" target="_blank"><span style="color:#1155CC">bob@bbb.com</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>and
receives back presence from 2 different endpoints, each with the same priority - one has no show type and the other has show=dnd. Should<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:alice@aaa.com" target="_blank"><span style="color:#1155CC">alice@aaa.com</span></a>'s
client show that<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:bob@bbb.com" target="_blank"><span style="color:#1155CC">bob@bbb.com</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>is available (e.g. "green") or busy (e.g. "red")?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222">2:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:bob@bbb.com" target="_blank"><span style="color:#1155CC">bob@bbb.com</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>has
2 endpoints that have recently sent presence updates with no type or show. <a href="mailto:alice@aaa.com" target="_blank"><span style="color:#1155CC">alice@aaa.com</span></a>'s client show's<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:bob@bbb.com" target="_blank"><span style="color:#1155CC">bob@bbb.com</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>as
available. <a href="mailto:bob@bbb.com" target="_blank"><span style="color:#1155CC">bob@bbb.com</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>signs out one of his endpoints and that endpoint sends a presence unavailable stanza. One could assume<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:bob@bbb.com" target="_blank"><span style="color:#1155CC">bob@bbb.com</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>is
still available because his other endpoint has not sent a presence update. However, it appears some clients will actually show<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:bob@bbb.com" target="_blank"><span style="color:#1155CC">bob@bbb.com</span></a>as
offline in this case.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222">3:
<a href="mailto:bob@bbb.com">bob@bbb.com</a> sends different statuses in presence stanzas from different endpoints, how should
<a href="mailto:alice@aaa.com's">alice@aaa.com’s</a> client present this?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222">Is there any "official" or documented guidance on how<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:alice@aaa.com" target="_blank"><span style="color:#1155CC">alice@aaa.com</span></a>'s
client should behave in these cases?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222">Thank you,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222">Chris Eagan<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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