[Standards] What is a node?

[Dirk Meyer]

Hi,

while re-writing my XEP proposal I came to a simple question: what is
a node? The RFC uses node as part of the bare JID: node (AT) domain (DOT) So a
node is something not unique at all, the same node could be used for a
different domain for a different user. PubSub uses node completly
different. Some XEPs like jingle use 'entity' for a client with a full
JID.

So my understanding is that when I write about specific client I
should NOT use the word 'node' and 'entity' instead, right? A 'user'
has different XMPP 'entities'.


Dirk

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[Peter Saint-Andre]

On 06/04/2008 10:18 AM, Dirk Meyer wrote:
> Hi,
>
> while re-writing my XEP proposal I came to a simple question: what is
> a node? The RFC uses node as part of the bare JID: node (AT) domain (DOT) So a
> node is something not unique at all, the same node could be used for a
> different domain for a different user. PubSub uses node completly
> different. Some XEPs like jingle use 'entity' for a client with a full
> JID.
>
> So my understanding is that when I write about specific client I
> should NOT use the word 'node' and 'entity' instead, right? A 'user'
> has different XMPP 'entities'.

Here is some philosophy, but we decided that it was too confusing so we
never published it:

http://www.xmpp.org/extensions/inbox/nodes.html

Peter

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Peter Saint-Andre
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