On Jan 22, 2008 10:14 AM, Richard Dobson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Kevin Smith wrote: > > On Jan 22, 2008 6:02 AM, Tobias Markmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >>> URL: http://www.xmpp.org/extensions/inbox/clientinfo.html > >>> > >> What are the enhancements of this XEP compared to XEP-0092? Why should > >> one implement this XEP and not XEP-0092? Since both XEPs seem to do > >> the same job I think there is missing a passage which is when to user > >> or even if XEP-0092 is even to use in future. > >> > > > > The aim was to wrap this up inside caps hashes, so you wouldn't a) > > need to query frequently, or b) pollute the presence packets with more > > info, which was what other proposals did. > > > Plus even if you wern't implementing caps but were implementing disco > you would get the version information for "free" without having to > separately query for it. > > Richard > > >
Well, then the XEP should say something about that or even better that this protocol should be used instead of XEP-0092 since it's generally bad to have two standards with the same or nearly the same purpose. In the end the target of a standardization organization is to have just one protocol for a certain purpose otherwise there is implementation overhead to remain interoperability. Tobias
