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 -- Peter Saint-Andre https://stpeter.im/
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