On Jun 30, 2012, at 3:51 PM, Mark Rejhon wrote: > Gregg is correct, too. > > 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
I don't really object to the spec being called "real time text". What I object to is not keep clear (and separate) issues which pertain to RTT as a extension to XMPP IM vs. RTT as a part of 'total (real-time) conversation service". > > So, according to ITU-T, instant messaging is NOT real-time -- required for > true "CONVERSATIONAL" interactivity. As I noted, the XMPP community has used a different of real-time for years. -- Kurt
