On Thu, Jan 31, 2008 at 12:15 AM, Peter Saint-Andre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Nick Vidal wrote: > > 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> > > Ah, yes that makes more sense: a distributed post-and-comment system > with cross-references and tagging built in. Is this just microblogging > over XMPP? > > /me ponders > > > > Peter > > -- > Peter Saint-Andre > https://stpeter.im/ > >
In what way is this system different from a mailing list system over XMPP? There you have people asking and people answering. Isn't it quite the same in the end? Tobias
