Agreed, no single point of failure/control. Either some sort of P2P style searching method, or leave it up to the portals, search engine sites to index/search/cache all the different JUD's.
Michael. ----- Original Message ----- > > 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... :) > > 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. > > My $0.02. > > Diz _______________________________________________ jdev mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.jabber.org/listinfo/jdev
