Richard Dobson Application 2005

I'm Richard Dobson and im reapplying for JSF membership.

History
I have been using and developing with the jabber protocol since around 2000 or 2001 after noticing it linked from I think slashdot, I have been a member ever since the JSF started and have contributed to the development of numerous protocols via the mailing lists. I have also contributed several protocols which I have developed to solve various requirements during development which I hope some people will find useful.

JEPs / Protocol

 * JEP-0088
 * JEP-0089
 * JEP-0101
 * User Nicknames Which will hopefully be delt with in future by a combination of JEP-0154 and pubsub.
 * XHTML Inband Images This is something that is not currently at the JEP stage that I have been working on with Tomasz Sterna (this might not be the latest version but is the only copy that I could manage to retrieve from the Google Cache, if someone else can manage to find a newer version it would be good if you would forward it to me so I can update the new Wiki).

Projects Currently Working On

 * Object Oriented Jabber Server for Windows
 * PubSub plugin for Server
 * MUC plugin for Server
 * MSN Transport plugin for Server
 * Jabber Live Help System
 * Windows Jabber Client
 * Home Automation System that uses Jabber as its transport layer (integrates with X10 via an X10 server component, X10 events and commands transmitted to server via jabber)

Why I'm applying
I wish to continue to contribute to and help guide the direction of jabber and help by providing implementation experience of protocols as I get a chance to implement them, as well as contribute new protocols that I think might be useful to others that are coming out of my current projects.