On Wednesday 01 September 2010 11:29:54 Kevin Smith wrote: > On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 7:29 PM, Dave Cridland <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Wed Sep 1 19:26:44 2010, Kevin Smith wrote: > >> On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 7:19 PM, Iñaki Baz Castillo <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > 2010/9/1 Dave Cridland <[email protected]>: > >> >> XEP-0145 provides a very simplistic capability for storing notes > >> >> about contacts on the server. > >> >> > >> >> Very rough, though - I'd be open to something better that actually > >> >> tied into > >> >> the roster, personally. > >> > > >> > Yes, it seems very limited (just some text note). I would expect > >> > something as a vcard for each contact stored within the roster. > >> > >> In theory the server should be storing whatever child elements you > >> include in a roster set as well, although I don't know how many, if > >> any, currently do this. > > > > Gosh. Not us, but it does sound like the right thing to be doing. > > > > How does a client know this is possible, rather than using '49 or '223? > > Assume it is, because it's part of the RFC (or bis, anyway)? :)
Erm, isn't there a risk that existing clients will destroy the metadata if the roster item is ever modified?
