Radar

This page provides an up-to-date snapshot of activity related to XMPP Extension Protocols, as maintained by the XEP Editor for use by the XMPP Council. See also the vote tallies and the XSF Roadmap. This page is structured in "maturity order", with Final and Draft XEPs listed first, then Experimental XEPs, then proposals that have not yet been accepted as XEPs.

Interim Versions

These are Draft and Final XEPs that are undergoing revision. All such changes must be approved by the XMPP Council before they are officially published.

XEP-0047: In-Band Bytestreams

Version: 1.3rc2

Changelog: Clarified error handling.

Status: Seems complete but might need further review. Perhaps move forward with other file-transfer-related specs (65, 234, 260, 261).

Diff: http://xmpp.org/extensions/diff/api/xep/0047/diff/1.2/vs/1.3rc2

XEP-0060: Publish-Subscribe

Version: 1.13rc17

Changelog: See interim version.

Status: Revisions are complete. Per Council discussion, IQ notifications have been removed and delete-with-redirect has been specified more completely.

Diff: http://xmpp.org/extensions/diff/api/xep/0060/diff/1.12/vs/1.13rc17

XEP-0065: SOCKS5 Bytestreams

Version: 1.8rc3

Changelog: See interim version.

Status: Seems complete but might need further review. Perhaps move forward with other file-transfer-related specs (47, 234, 260, 261).

Diff: http://xmpp.org/extensions/diff/api/xep/0065/diff/1.7/vs/1.8rc3

XEP-0163: Personal Eventing Protocol

Version: 1.2rc4

Changelog: See interim version.

Status: See note on XEP-0060.

Diff: http://xmpp.org/extensions/diff/api/xep/0163/diff/1.1/vs/1.2rc4

XEP-0136: Message Archiving

Version: 1.2rc1

Changelog: Added persistent auto save setting; added ability to control settings per chat session.

Status: Patch from Alexander and Yann applied. Ready for review by the Council.

Diff: http://xmpp.org/extensions/diff/api/xep/0136/diff/1.1/vs/1.2rc1

Calls for Experience

A Call for Experience is issued when the Council is considering advancement of a XEP from Draft to Final.

There are no Calls for Experience at this time.

Proposed XEPs with Voting in Progress

There are no votes in progress at this time.

Current and Recent Last Calls

A Last Call is issued when the Council is considering advancement of a XEP from Experiment to Draft (or, for informational specifications, Active).

There are no current Last Calls.

A Last Call on XEP-0226: Message Stanza Profiles ended on November 13. Modifications to follow.

Experimental XEPs Slated for Last Call

• XEP-0234: Jingle File Transfer is ready for a Last Call. The protocol appears to be stable and feature-complete. There are several interoperable implementations.

• XEP-0255: Location Query is ready for a Last Call. The protocol appears to be stable and feature-complete. There are at least three interoperable implementations.

• XEP-0260: Jingle SOCKS5 Bytestreams Transport Method is ready for a Last Call. The protocol appears to be stable and feature-complete. There are several interoperable implementations.

• XEP-0261: Jingle In-Band Bytestreams Transport Method is ready for a Last Call. The protocol appears to be stable and feature-complete. There are several interoperable implementations.

To Be Deferred

Experimental XEPs are automatically deferred after 12 months of inactivity (i.e., no new published version).

The following XEPs are set to be automatically deferred within the next 30 days.

• XEP-0266: Codecs for Jingle RTP Sessions
• XEP-0264: File Transfer Thumbnails
• XEP-0267: Server Rosters

Inbox

The Inbox contains proposals that have not yet been accepted by the XMPP Council for publication as official XEPs.

• Message Carbons

Other Items

• XEP-0193 / multiple resources per stream: several people have expressed an interest in bring back this feature (which was removed from rfc3920bis). Is the Council receptive to taking this on?
• XEP-0232 / software information: this was recently deferred for inactivity but there is still interest in moving this forward. Can the Council review it again and more clearly specify its objections?

Next Council Meeting

The next meeting of the XMPP Council will be held on 2010-05-03 at 18:00 UTC in the council@muc.xmpp.org room. Meetings are open to the public, although only elected Council members have a vote. The chatroom log is at http://xmpp.org:5290/muc_log/muc.xmpp.org/council/

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