-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Am 07.02.2013 18:38, schrieb Peter Saint-Andre: > On 2/6/13 5:13 PM, Tobias Markmann wrote: >> Hi, > >> We have been working on a new XEP proposal which aims to solve >> the following fundermental problem: How to find a JID given some >> personal information about the person who owns that JID. Jabber >> users who've just created their accounts, need to populate their >> roster with the people they are usually in contact with, with as >> little manual process as possible. > > Is this really a big problem? I haven't heard complaints about this > in years. It definitely was a problem in the early days of Jabber > technologies, which was why we used to have things like the Jabber > User Directory (JUD) at the jabber.org service. > FWIW, while it's no longer as big a problem I think it's still a very relevant one. One of the main reasons people have for choosing WhatsApp over normal, secure, federated XMPP is that it automagically gives them a way to IM their friends. For that very reason I have actually thought about pitching adoption of ENUM for XMPP a bit (from a technical/standards point of view we have all we need), but for now that's just a thought in my head.
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