Whenever I represent a JID as a URI, I use jabber:user@host/resource -
this was sort of agreed upon as a standard (originally you had to have
jabberids like that, but they decided jabber: is not needed when within
the protocol)
Julian
DJ Adams wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 21, 2001 at 11:48:52AM -0700, Jens Alfke wrote:
>
>>Is there a standard way to represent a JID as a URL (analogous to a
>>mailto: URL)? The most basic form would be something like
>>"jabber:user@host/resource" and the default action when clicked would be
>>to send an IM to that user.
>>
>
> I do remember seeing examples of this in very old docu,
> it was something like your example, it could have been
> jabber://user@host/resouce but then I might be going mad.
>
>
>>It occurs to me that a second form would be useful for conferences /
>>chat-rooms, since the behavior of clicking the URL would be different
>>(joining the room.) AIM, I believe, uses a "?" attribute on the "aim:"
>>URL to distinguish between these things.
>>
>
> This is certainly an idea, but when you consider a conference
> room is just one of almost an infinite variety of types of
> things, each with their own "default" action, to attempt to make
> a distinction within the format is futile.
>
> That said, perhaps in a browsing situation, the type of thing that
> a particular JID represents may be easier to discern because of
> its context within an iq:browse structure...
>
> dj
>
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