On 22.09.2014 16:10, Christian Schudt wrote: > Hi, > > I am looking to implement whiteboard functionality in an XMPP client. > ... > > They are all in a "development-not-recommended" status and interestingly all > from the early 2000s. > I couldn't find any more up-to-date specification, except maybe XEP-0284 > (which is deferred and relatively old, too), which mentions the word > "whiteboard" once. > > I've also found a nice video to a Pidgin client, but they seem to use their > own protocol. > (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYKutp4I4Zs) > > Is there any recommendation from your side?
You could ask the authors of the XEPs about the reasons why there are in a "development-not-recommend" state. I'm also interested in this information, since I'm a big fan of XMPP based whiteboards (and collaboration in general). I also suggest having a look at Gajim's whiteboard plugin [1, 2]. It was one of the earliest whiteboard implementations besides Coccinella [3]. I don't know which extension (if any) they use, but interoperability between those two (if they use the same standard) and your implementation would be great. It also makes development for you easier since you can test against an existing implementation. Florian 1: https://trac-plugins.gajim.org/browser/whiteboard/plugin.py 2: https://trac-plugins.gajim.org/wiki/WhiteboardPlugin 3: http://thecoccinella.org/
