On Wed Sep 1 19:39:58 2010, Kevin Smith wrote:
On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 7:38 PM, Justin Karneges
<[email protected]> wrote:
> 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?
There's a risk, but clients should be persisting content they don't
understand, rather than binning it.
It does all seem to rely on luck and a following wind, doesn't it?
Could we not make this a little more reliable, like roster versioning?
Dave.
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