On Sat, Jun 30, 2012 at 6:51 PM, Mark Rejhon <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 30, 2012 at 6:28 PM, Gregg Vanderheiden > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> but please also don't call messaging 'real time' because it isn't. >> It is "instant delivery of a message" but it is messaging - not real time >> conversation. >> > > Pre-emptive reply, since "real-time" can be subject to interpretation. > We are going by the International Telecommunications Union definition of > "real-time" of being less than 1 second latency. > See ITU-T Rec. F.700, "Multimedia Conversational Services", section 2.1.2.1 > So, according to ITU-T, instant messaging is NOT real-time -- required for > true "CONVERSATIONAL" interactivity. > I have updated the Glossary (Section 3) of XEP-0301: *real-time *– A conversational latency of less than 1 second, as defined by ITU-T Rec. F.700, section 2.1.2.1. Clear? :-)
