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07-08-2008, 10:25 PM
Hello,
the XEPs describe some standards that a client can support or not, some of them must or should supported. Okay.
But what about extensions from a client which are not defined in the XEP but is similar to existing XEP, are this "allowed"?
In this particular case I speak about an "extension" for MUCs.
XEP-118 define a standard to send and receive information about the music which an user hear at the moment. That's fine. I can see this info when I want it, if I don't want to see it, that's okay too, I can disable this display. :)
But now a client think: "hmmh, not all servers support XEP-118, therefore I post my music info with another way". For example post this music info directly in the MUC as a message.
I speak not about the fact that in my opinion messages like this are spam, I speak about the possibility for a client to not use a already defined XEP, but use another way, especially if the other users can't disable the receiving of things like this.
( on second thoughts I can imagine some other situations with the same problem, not only in MUCs)
Are there somewhere any rules about this?
Peter Fl.
the XEPs describe some standards that a client can support or not, some of them must or should supported. Okay.
But what about extensions from a client which are not defined in the XEP but is similar to existing XEP, are this "allowed"?
In this particular case I speak about an "extension" for MUCs.
XEP-118 define a standard to send and receive information about the music which an user hear at the moment. That's fine. I can see this info when I want it, if I don't want to see it, that's okay too, I can disable this display. :)
But now a client think: "hmmh, not all servers support XEP-118, therefore I post my music info with another way". For example post this music info directly in the MUC as a message.
I speak not about the fact that in my opinion messages like this are spam, I speak about the possibility for a client to not use a already defined XEP, but use another way, especially if the other users can't disable the receiving of things like this.
( on second thoughts I can imagine some other situations with the same problem, not only in MUCs)
Are there somewhere any rules about this?
Peter Fl.