On Mar 2, 2009, at 7:23 PM, Peter Saint-Andre wrote:
I was chatting with Joe Hildebrand about XEP-0255 and he mentioned
that
it would be good to add a reference type for an Ethernet address,
such as:
<iq from='ham...@shakespeare.lit/phone'
id='q02'
to='location.shakespear.lit'
type='get'
xml:lang='en-US'>
<locationquery xmlns='urn:xmpp:locationquery:0'>
<reference>
<id>00.31.55.f9.1d.de</id>
<type>ethernet</type>
</reference>
</locationquery>
<iq>
It seems that we'd need this because your ethernet address might be
different from your wifi address even in the same location (e.g.,
where
I am right now my ethernet address is 00:23:32:d4:28:ea whereas my
wifi
address is 00:23:6c:88:d4:1d).
I don't see the usefulness of sending my own mac address. But sending
the mac address of my default gateway, then yes, I find that very
useful. That's how a lot of "location aware"-tools for the Mac work
for example.
Other scenario: bounjour printers, for example. I would send the mac
address of the printer and get the coordinates. They usually have a
"location" field in the bonjour advertisement, though.
Best regards,
--
Pedro Melo
Blog: http://www.simplicidade.org/notes/
XMPP ID: m...@simplicidade.org
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