It would be good if we had standardized methods for embedding presence
information in web pages. For example, I'd like to be able to point to
the following image file and have it show my presence:
<img src='http://www.jabber.org/users/stpeter.png'/>
Granted there are challenges here:
1. Needs to be opt-in (no presence leaking)
Have it as a contact on the users roster which represents the presence
service, if that contact can see the users presence the user is opting in.
2. User needs a way to choose icon set (if there's a choice)
x:data forms seems like a perfect fit here
3. Jabber server and web server need to share information
Easiest way for this would be for them both to share a database of
presence information with a jabber component keeping it up to date.
4. Would not be dynamic (that would require an xmpp: URI)
At the jabber.org domain, #3 is a bit of a pain (the web server and
jabber server are on different machines), but the challenge seems to be
surmountable.
Other IM systems have this and it's one of those cool features that end
users really like. So what's holding us back? What's needed to make this
happen?
Nothings holding us back this has been available for quite some time in
various forms on jabber.
Richard
