Hi Peter and Kevin, In the spirit of illustrating a generic solution that would suit this specific question-and-answer pattern, I offer a simple example:
- Peter creates a node called "philosophy" where he publishes all philosophical questions he has. - Some friends subscribe to it. - Kevin publishes an answer to whatever node better identifies the subject (free tagging) AND the following metadata to the "commented" node: <iq type='set' from='[EMAIL PROTECTED]' to='pubsub.kismith.co.uk' id='answer'> <pubsub xmlns='http://jabber.org/protocol/pubsub'> <publish node='commented'> <item> <commented> <original jid='[EMAIL PROTECTED]' id='368866411b877c30064a5f62b917cffe'/> <comment jid='[EMAIL PROTECTED]' id='ae890ac52d0df67ed7cfdf51b644e901'/> </commented> </item> </publish> </pubsub> </iq> This metadata associates Kevin's answer with Peter's question. Some other special metadata/nodes are presented here: http://iss.im/node/55 I need to work more on these, but as you can see, it's a generic non-obtrusive solution built on top of PEP that suits well this question-and-answer pattern. Best regards, Nick P.S.: Peter, I'm still working on the ISS XEP. I'll keep you informed about my progress. P.S.2: Kevin, your expertise would be greatly appreciated, since it builds up from your PEP work. On Jan 30, 2008 2:16 PM, Peter Saint-Andre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Kevin Smith wrote: > > >> Perhaps I confused things by calling it "bleg". Qian called it > "Q-and-A" > >> before I changed the name to be more edgy. > > > > Well, my inclination is that if you're interested enough to answer, > > you're probably interested enough to see how it 'turns out', and so > > would want to see the notifications yourself. The spec as it is > > probably only really covers the Q, and doesn't do much about the A :) > > Ah, I see. One way to handle that would be to make everyone (in your > roster) a publisher at your bleg node. Another would be to publish the > replies you receive. > > Peter > > -- > Peter Saint-Andre > https://stpeter.im/ > >
