On 3/14/09 4:28 AM, Helge Timenes wrote:
> Peter Saint-Andre wrote:
>> On 3/13/09 8:49 PM, XMPP Extensions Editor wrote:
>>
>>   
>>> URL: http://www.xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0255.html
>>>     
>>
>> I notice that the suggested / allowable values of the 'type' attribute
>> are "cell", "wifi", "bluetooth", "wimax", "rfid", "ip", "other". I see
>> three ways to handle these:
>>
>> 1. Restrictive: lock down these values in the schema
>>
>> 2. Permissive: allow applications to include any value they choose
>>
>> 3. Extensible: set up a registry so that we don't need to update the
>> spec every time we add a new value while still providing guidance to
>> implementors
>>
>> I lean toward #3.
>>   
> That seems sensible, though i suspect the reference types will change
> frequently while the XEP is young, but at some point settle down as the
> spec catches up with all the possibilities out there (sure new ones will
> be invented, but not at a pace that is hard to keep up with I'd guess)

If we have a registry, we don't need to update the spec all the time.
Perhaps it's not a big deal.

> How would such a registry work? Are there examples of such from other XEPs?

I've defined all the registries so far since I'm the XMPP Registrar. :)
It's easy enough for me to add this to the spec.

BTW, did we not add the "ethernet" type yet?

Peter

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