On 08/16/2012 03:18 PM, Kevin Smith wrote: > On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 8:52 AM, Sergey Dobrov <[email protected]> wrote: >> On 08/15/2012 09:15 PM, [email protected] wrote: >>> I deem blogging a necessary feature and I want to implement it (show me >>> your client I would like to see how you are doing). Thinking about the >>> implementation the subject of attaching files came up and Out of Band >>> data transfer looked like the best solution. >>> >>> There are a lot of benefits to Out of Bound: >>> >>> * You don't have to modify existing servers (this is a big plus!) >>> >>> * You get to use existing file hosting services (there are a lot and can >>> provide for more space than xmpp servers) >>> >>> * You don't have to introduce a new XEP >>> >> >> * You can't unify the uploading process. Or do you know the protocol >> which allows you to upload files and obtain the link for it in the >> unified way? >> >> * You are depends on the third-party services and can't guarantee >> anything to your users. > > The buddycloud people have been working on this problem and have, I > think, running code - although I know none of the details. > > /K > Buddycloud is a big riddle for me. I have seen their protocols a long time ago and they are still seem to me to be very far away of the XMPP, using XMPP only as transport layer. Maybe I am wrong and I have to review them again, I don't know. But I have my own solution for that too and it works fine, but not flexible and I understand that it must be replaced by some XEP.
-- With best regards, Sergey Dobrov, XMPP Developer and JRuDevels.org founder.
