Difference between revisions of "Roundup"

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This is the place to draft the next XMPP Roundup for posting at blog.xmpp.org. All members of the XMPP community are welcome to help. Final editing is done by Peter Saint-Andre.

The XMPP Roundup is cut in the following sections:

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please check it has not already been covered by previous roundups by searching in the blog
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-This is the place to draft the next "XMPP Roundup" for posting at blog.xmpp.org. All members of the XMPP community are welcome to help. Final editing is done by Nicolas Verite and Peter Saint-Andre.
+This is the place to draft the next '''''XMPP Roundup''''' for posting at blog.xmpp.org. All members of the XMPP community are welcome to help. Final editing is done by Peter Saint-Andre.
-Directions:
+The XMPP Roundup is cut in the following sections:
+* [[Roundup/Articles, talks and events|Articles, talks and events]]
+* [[Roundup/Software|Software]]
+* [[Roundup/Services|Services]]
+* [[Roundup/Specifications|Specifications]]
+Small directions:
 * please check it has not already been covered by previous roundups by searching in the blog
-* please report at least links, or better a small introductory text
+* please report at least links
+* or better a small introductory text
-== Template ==
+* even better with credit
-Small introduction.
-'''Articles'''
-''Title''
-Text explaining the new or updated item, with technical background like languages, platforms and licenses. Provide links detailing more, and give credit. Avoid links like [[here]] or [[read it]].
-'''New and updated services'''
-''Title''
-Text with links about the item.
-'''New and updated software'''
-''Title''
-Text with links about the item.
-'''Specifications'''
-''Title''
-Text with links about the item.
-'''Conclusion'''
-Small conclusion.
-== XMPP Roundup 13 ==
-Welcome everybody to the exciting news roundup of the XMPP communities worldwide. You are encouraged to contribute to it, by providing news items or by just spreading the word through your own blogs, microblogs, mailing-lists and forums.
-'''Articles'''
-''XMPP Roundup translations''
-The previous XMPP Roundup 12 has been translated into [http://www.jabberes.org/node/1139 spanish] thanks to naw and [http://wiki.jabberfr.org/Tour_d%27horizon_de_XMPP_12 french] thanks to Misc and Nÿco.
-''GAEJ + XMPP and rolling your own Agent''
-Romin Irani, also author of the bloodbanklocator covered on the XMPP Roundup, has written a articles on how to write an XMPP agent for GAEJ (Goole App Engine Java): "[http://gaejexperiments.wordpress.com/2009/09/25/gaej-xmpp-and-rolling-your-own-agent/ Episode 2 : GAEJ + XMPP and rolling your own Agent]" and "[http://gaejexperiments.wordpress.com/2009/10/09/episode-2-update-communicating-to-another-xmpp-account-via-your-bot/ Episode 2 : Update : Communicating to another XMPP Account via your Bot]". It is the second article in a series of four more generally on GAEJ, and not specific to XMPP.
-''Realtime Blogging with IM and WordPress.com''
-"[http://wordpress.tv/2009/10/09/realtime-blogging-with-im/ Realtime Blogging with IM and WordPress.com]" is a video showing how to be notified in real-time of new blog posts and comments using the XMPP service that already has been covered on the XMPP Roundup.
-'''New and updated services'''
-''EVE Online''
-The [http://www.eveonline.com/ EVE Online] science-fiction [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massively_multiplayer_online_role-playing_game MMORPG] (massively multiplayer online role-playing game) is using an XMPP service for in-game chats (also offering e-mail), on the [http://eve-mail.net/ eve-mail.net] domain, with S2S (server-to-server) open for federation.
-''Interactive XMPP demos''
-The Google App Engine blog has listed a few [http://googleappengine.blogspot.com/2009/10/interactive-xmpp-demos.html interactive XMPP demos], like CrowdGuru,a crowdsourcing answers bot, and Multi-Chat, an IRC-like chatroom system.
-''Jabcast XMPP''
-[http://desktopalert.net/ Desktop Alert Inc.] have released Jabcast XMPP, allowing public and private sector users of the Common Alerting Protocol to broadcast alerts using XMPP. More information is available at [http://www.prweb.com/releases/Jabcast/XMPP/prweb2991694.htm the press release].
-'''New and updated software'''
-''xeerkat''
-[http://code.google.com/p/xeerkat/ xeerkat] is a P2P computing framework over XMPP. xeerkat is not a new project, but original and never covered by the XMPP Roundup.
-''XMPP Framework''
-[http://drupal.org/project/xmppframework XMPP Framework], using XMPPHP, brings XMPP features to Drupal: XMPP-Drupal users correlation and relationship, XWChat web chat client (based on JSJaC), MUC, and notifications. This module is contributed by Darren Ferguson of OpenBand.
-''Legacy IM Connections via M-Link''
-Isode has [http://blog.isode.com/2009/09/isode-partners-with-zion-software-to-provide-xmpp-connectivity-to-legacy-im-networks-.html announced] that they are partnering with Zion Software to deploy the [http://www.zionsoftware.com/products/xmpp-gateway/ JBuddy XMPP Gateway] for connectivity between Isode's M-Link server software and legacy IM networks.
-''XMPPKit''
-The [http://etoileos.com/etoile/ Étoilé] user environment for the [http://www.gnustep.org/ GNUstep] project is building in support for sending what they call "CoreObjects" over XMPP using their emerging [http://etoileos.com/news/archive/2009/09/15/1659/ XMPPKit]; as a result they hope to enable collaborative editing, whiteboarding, and other interactive applications.
-''Libjingle in Chromium''
-Libjingle, the Google's opensource library for Jingle, [http://git.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome/trunk/src/third_party/libjingle/ has been committed in Chromium], the opensource base of the Chrome browser.
-''Spectrum''
-[http://spectrum.im/ Spectrum] is an XMPP gateway, released under the GPL license, using the libpurple and gloox libraries, coming from a Google Summer of Code project.
-''GWT bindings for the Strophe XMPP library''
-[http://jprieur.wordpress.com/2009/10/07/gwt-bindings-for-the-strophe-xmpp-library/ Johann Prieur] has announced on his blog the availability through Bazaar of [https://launchpad.net/gwt-strophe gwt-strophe], under the MIT/X/Expat License, a binding for Strophe, the XMPP library. It is now in its early stage, and need testing and bug reports.
-''RDFbus''
-The Ruby software under a BSD-like license [http://github.com/bendiken/rdfbus RDFbus] is a middleware for enabling RDF publish/subscribe payloads over XMPP and Stomp.
-'''Specifications'''
-''Linked Process''
-Linked Process, mentionned in the last XMPP Roundup, has got a new protoXEP: http://xmpp.org/extensions/inbox/lop.html
-''Deferred specs''
-Three XEP have been deferred, since they have not been touched for a long time:
-* [http://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0152.html XEP-0152: Reachability Addresses]
-* [http://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0225.html XEP-0225: Component Connections]
-* [http://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0186.html XEP-0186: Invisible Command]
-'''Board and Council elections'''
-Elections for the Board of Directors and the XMPP Council has taken place during this month of September. It has been decided that these two entities would be composed of the following people:
-XMPP Council:
-* Dave Cridland
-* Remko Tronçon
-* Kevin Smith
-* Matthew Wild
-* Ralph Meijer
-Board of Directors:
-* Jack Moffitt
-* Will Sheward
-* Florian Jensen
-The latter is composed of three people temporarily, because there was a tie for the fifth place, and it has been decided by the members that the Board needed an odd number of people in order to prevent the ties in the Board votes.
-'''Membership applications'''
-As Alexander Gnauck reminded on the mailing-lists, it is time for membership applications for the trimester:
-''The XMPP Standards Foundation (XSF) is currently holding its quarterly membership application period:
-http://wiki.xmpp.org/web/Membership_Applications_October_2009''
-''Applications are encouraged from developers and others who are actively involved in the Jabber/XMPP community. To apply, create a page about yourself on the wiki.''
-''If you don't have a wiki account, send your name, preferred nickname
-and email address to me or one of the other Sysops:
-http://wiki.xmpp.org/index.php/Sysops
-''The application period ends on 28th October 2009 23:59h UTC, so apply today!''
-'''Conclusion'''
-If you are developping, maintaining, or planning a new or updated service and/or software, and if you would like to be mentioned here, you a re-encouraged to contribute it to nyco@jabber.fr. It does not necessarily need to be huge or professional, it maybe also be funny or original.

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