2009/3/14 Dirk Meyer <[email protected]>: > XMPP Extensions Editor wrote: >> The XMPP Extensions Editor has received a proposal for a new XEP. >> >> Title: OutOfBand Stream Data >> >> Abstract: This specification defines how to send parts of an XML >> stream over a direct connection between peers. This allows to send >> large stanzas or binary data without blocking the XML stream for other >> stanzas. >> >> URL: http://www.xmpp.org/extensions/inbox/outofband.html > > I would like to know what others think about this idea. I know it is > kind of strange but would be very usefull for large stanzas and emedded > binary data.
I think it's a good idea, but there should be some size requirement for OOB data. For example to define it should be bigger than 5kB, so the sender doesn't open OOB stream for small data, where it would have no benefits (or cause loop, if it was IBB transport for another OOB data).
