On Fri, 15 Aug 2008 08:55:28 -0600 Peter Saint-Andre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Pavel Simerda wrote: > > On Thu, 14 Aug 2008 11:27:22 -0600 > > Peter Saint-Andre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> Pavel Simerda wrote: > >>> On Wed, 13 Aug 2008 08:18:43 -0500 > >>> XMPP Extensions Editor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> > >>>> http://www.xmpp.org/extensions/inbox/direct-invitations.html > >>> Hmm, good idea, this simple direct invitation protocol, it makes > >>> sense to send invitation to the people I invite. > >> Well that's what we had in the old days ("jabber:x:conference"), > >> but then we made something fancier in XEP-0045. Fancier isn't > >> always better. > >> > >>> Just a sidenote, couldn't "venue" be replaced with something more > >>> specific and well known in the XMPP community (e.g. "conference"). > >>> It might also come first in the example, as it's the only > >>> important (and REQUIRED) element. > >> Sure, <conference> is fine with me. > >> > >>> Also, more about authorization and relation to other XEPs would be > >>> nice. Passwords are IMO not a good *default* authorization > >>> technique for MUC rooms. > >> I agree. But that's something we should define in XEP-0045 -- or > >> even deprecate password-only rooms in favor of members-only rooms. > >> > >>> It seems MUC authorization was removed from [xep 0235]. Isn't now > >>> the time to find a better place for it? > >> Maybe. I'm not sure how useful MUC authorization is. > > > > A members-only room is an authorized MUC room - the list of members > > becomes the list of authorized entities. > > > > But then what is an invitation for? You have to make someone a > > member and send him an invitation message. But for this, you have > > to be able to add members. > > I don't think the concept of an invitation-only room makes much > sense, especially because we don't have ways of delivering secure > invitations (right now invitations are more social interactions, not > technical interactions, and I think we might want to leave it that > way). But i thought I've seen some members-only rooms. > Peter > -- Web: http://www.pavlix.net/ Jabber & Mail: pavlix(at)pavlix.net OpenID: pavlix.net
