On Sun, 2009-11-08 at 20:48 +0800, Brett Zamir wrote:
> On 11/8/2009 5:26 PM, Peter Saint-Andre wrote:
> > On 10/2/09 12:46 AM, Brett Zamir wrote:
> >    
> >> While attributes are being added to<item/>, would there also be some
> >> way to add meta-data about the node to the event as well, e.g.,
> >> pubsub#num_subscribers (the number of subscribers to the node) or
> >> pubsub#title (human-readable node name)? I know it can be retrieved
> >> separately, but this seems it could be useful to be able to get back
> >> together...
> >>      
> > I don't see the logic of this -- you want to include meta-data about the
> > node in an element that has information about a specific item?
> >    
> 
> I don't think it makes sense as a part of <item/> (nor as part of the 
> payload within <item/>) but a sibling of the <event/> in the <message/> 
> that delivers the item.

I disagree. If you want any kind of additional meta-data sent along with
a notification, at the level you describe, you can use SHIM headers for
that. That said, for now I think this is really application specific. If
it should become specified in a XEP at some point, which I doubt, this
can easily be put in a new XEP, not in XEP-0060.

As for creating new node or subscription configuration settings to
toggle this, you are free to use your own fields in the form, as long as
the name starts with 'x-', as specified in XEP-0068, section 3.4.

ralphm


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