Lauri Kaila wrote:

> - Application name registration was removed from XEP-0168. I think
> there should be some kind of standard convention for app names.

XML namespaces are not good enough?

> Otherwise clients may use any names with Entity Capabilites (ext
> attribute).  Therefore a same name could mean something different for
> each active resource of my roster, which would require an IQ for each.
> Why not define a standard name for each XEP like "xep-0167", or
> shorter "0167" for previously used "jingle-audio"? Maybe a prefix for
> private extensions?

I *think* we don't need the appnames (just one more mapping for clients
to remember) and can use XML namespaces instead. If not, we can always
add the appnames back in. I was just trying to simplify things.

You are right, from one viewpoint ;) Appnames are redundant, and would
increase the registrar's workload.

The XMPP Registrar doesn't have much to do. ;-)

IMHO, I think appnames would be a
nice implementation shortcut. Otherwise a client must do bookkeeping
for client software/extname/namespace mapping, and ask the namespace
when an unknown ext comes in. A fixed appname/namespace mapping would
be easier to code.

OK. I'm all in favor of making life easier for coders.

What do others think?

Peter

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Peter Saint-Andre
XMPP Standards Foundation
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