Not quite how I defined things in the glossary, but I rather like it. :) Maybe I'll update http://docs.jabber.org/general/html/glossary.html this weekend....
Peter -- Peter Saint-Andre email/jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] web: http://www.saint-andre.com/ On Fri, 28 Sep 2001, Dave Waite wrote: > Michael Brown wrote: > > > > >>Perhaps as a first step we can find some agreement about terminology > >>("roster" vs. "contact list" vs. "buddy list", "transport" vs. "gateway", > >>etc.) > >> > > > >I actually prefer "Contact List" but "Roster" seems to be well defined for > >Jabber - which I can live with - although it does sound a little like there > >should be some house-hold chores involved :-) > > > Contact list is my favorite. All three imply that only Instant Messaging > users are in the List. > > >I've always been confused between "Transports"/"Gateways"/"Agents" so if > >someone could clear that up for me that would be great. > > > I'll take a stab; how about: > > Entity - Any thing which interacts with the Jabber system, and/or which > is available to be interacted with by other Entities in the Jabber system. > Jabber IM User - An entity using the Jabber system as an > Instant-messaging platform. > Component - An entity which has a trusted relationship with a Jabber > server, and which provides some set of services to Entities (either to > Jabber IM Users or to other Components) > > Gateway - A component which provides direct access to non-Jabber > services to Jabber IM Users. No distinction is made to whether the > component also allows a mapping from the non-Jabber service to access > all of Jabber > Agent - A component which provides a mapping between a non-Jabber > services and the Jabber system by authenticating with that remote system > on behalf of a Jabber User. > Transport - An agent which specifically provides access to a non-Jabber > Instant Messaging system. > > Examples: > > * Jabber conferencing would be a component, because it is providing > a native Jabber service > * IRC access would be considered a gateway since IRC is a remote > service, but there is no registration required > * Access to an IMAP mailbox (some sort of jabber-biff) would be > considered an agent, since registration is required > * Access to AIM or Yahoo! would be considered a transport > > How is that? :-) > > -David Waite > > _______________________________________________ > jdev mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mailman.jabber.org/listinfo/jdev > _______________________________________________ jdev mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.jabber.org/listinfo/jdev
