Florian,

I think that this reflects what was agreed in Brussels.    There were a number 
of MIX capabilities that it was agreed would go into "add-on XEPs" and the 
general strategy of keeping the core as the core was agreed.    

>From my analysis, the current spec is pretty much all needed for "core".    If 
>there is a useful way to split it, this could be helpful.   I can't see a way 
>to reduce core, but I think we can and should aim to keep new stuff in new 
>XEPs.


Steve




> -----Original Message-----
> From: Standards [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of
> Florian Schmaus
> Sent: 12 March 2017 11:12
> To: XMPP Standards
> Subject: [Standards] How about splitting MIX into a baseline XEP and one
> profile XEP per use case?
> 
> Given the size of MIX, I wonder if it wouldn't be sensible to split the XEP 
> into
> a baseline XEP and one profile XEP for every use case.
> 
> I do believe that this would lead to smaller XEPs which are easier to review.
> 
> And it would also make it clear which mechanisms and features are provided
> by "core" MIX and how they are used for a specific use case profile like
> persistent IM groupchats. The discussion whether or not MIX groupchats
> would have a subject, topic and/or description, and what being  mandatory
> would then only be relevant to the "IM groupchat"
> MIX-profile XEP. Feels like an advantage, because that question is not
> relevant to other MIX use cases.
> 
> And yes, I do have, for example, an idea for a MIX-profile for IoT in mind,
> which would IMHO benefit from a split.
> 
> I did the same with the new OpenPGP XEPs (OX, XEP-0373/-0374) and, so far,
> I find this favourable over one big monolithic XEP.
> 
> What do you think?
> 
> - Florian


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