On Tue, 17 Jun 2003, Dave Smith wrote: > > > Has anyone thought about creating a centralized user directory? There > > could be an optional s2s component for the server implementations, and > > perhaps a direct c2s protocol that clients could implement, as well. > > > > If such a project were started, it would be a good idea to fold presence > > into it as well. > > Sounds like you'd prefer a centralized server for all of Jabber? Esp. once > you start talking about folding presence into a centralized server... :)
No, I don't want one central server for all of Jabber. Each server would still maintain its own local directory. And participation in such a superJUD would be completely voluntary. It would just be a convenient "value-add" to Jabber's usability. > In all seriousness, the solution to this problem _must_ embrace the fact > that Jabber is decentralized. Given the difficulty with creating > decentralized datastores, my guess would be that we will have to adapt > some of the search protocols currently used on p2p networks and create a > federation of JUDs that cross-search each other. It wouldn't be perfect, > but it's better than what we have. Sure, something similar to the P2P systems might be good. Decentralization is a strong point for Jabber. But J. Random User doesn't care about that. He says "when I used ICQ, I could search for other ICQ users, and I didn't have to worry about what server they were on." I'm not saying that a centralized JUD necessarily should be part of the official Jabber effort. I'm just saying that it could be a useful additional service, if somebody wants to set something like that up. PGM mentioned some sort of precence bcc feature that I'm not familiar with. I don't have time to look into it right now, but I'll try to do so later. -- Ernest MacDougal Campbell III, MCP+I, MCSE <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://dougal.gunters.org/ http://spam.gunters.org/ Web Design & Development: http://www.mentalcollective.com/ This message is guaranteed to be 100% eror frea! _______________________________________________ jdev mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.jabber.org/listinfo/jdev
