[SR-Users] [OT] Fwd: [dispatch] proposed SIXPAC charter

[Jon Bonilla (Manwe)]

El Wed, 20 Oct 2010 13:11:22 +0200
Iñaki Baz Castillo <ibc at aliax.net> escribió:

> 2010/10/20 Victor Pascual Avila <victor.pascual.avila at gmail.com>:
> > I find this a worthwhile topic to pursue. I had been wondering whether
> > this activity would turn out to be more of a profiling exercise, and
> > whether the IETF might not be the best choice of venue for such work.
> > From the current draft charter it looks like there will be at least
> > some protocol extension work, for which I believe the IETF is the
> > correct venue. On the other hand, the Unified Communications
> > Interoperability Forum (UCIF) is seeking to advance the state of play
> > on XMPP interoperability, and if we were just talking about a profile
> > or BCP, that might have been a better venue. Perhaps the IETF should
> > focus on requirements and protocol extensions, and consider whether
> > the BCP work would be better done elsewhere. Or at least, there should
> > be some coordination with other activities relating to XMPP
> > interoperability.
> 
> "Integrating" XMPP into SIP is a workaround IMHO, but the fact that
> some work is being done in this area confirms the failure of SIMPLE.
> IMHO it's better to define a new specification for presence in SIP
> *from scratch* forgetting all about SIMPLE (all means all).
> 
> 

Anyways, integrating such new specification with xmpp with extensions, gws or
whatever method is a win-win strategy.