On Mar 14, 2009, at 12:34, Dirk Meyer wrote:
XMPP Extensions Editor wrote:
The XMPP Extensions Editor has received a proposal for a new XEP.
Title: OutOfBand Stream Data
Abstract: This specification defines how to send parts of an XML
stream over a direct connection between peers. This allows to send
large stanzas or binary data without blocking the XML stream for
other
stanzas.
URL: http://www.xmpp.org/extensions/inbox/outofband.html
I would like to know what others think about this idea. I know it is
kind of strange but would be very usefull for large stanzas and
emedded
binary data.
a few typos:
"until this stanza is fully send to the server."
-> "until this stanza is fully sent to the server."
"Both the image and the listing can be send out of band."
-> "Both the image and the listing can be sent out of band."
"and the content identifuer."
-> "and the content identifier."
"The last chunk of each piece of content is always a chunk with a
legth of 0."
-> "The last chunk of each piece of content is always a chunk with a
length of 0."
Why use a non-existing protocol as an example, when you could use the
well-known discovery protocol for it? It is suited for listing files
(even though it might not be enough for FTP-like operations).
Section 3, Example 5: That's not EBNF, could you change it to the
correct syntax, so there is no room for interpretation?
On a higher level, I think that's a great idea :) Could be hell for
some client implementations, though, due to the asynchronicity (you
have to buffer the parts of the stanza you already know, and collect
the rest before passing it to the upper layers).
You should also add the regular section about discovering support for
this protocol.
andy
