XMPP Advocacy Papers

XMPP does support

• normal messages (letter style with subject)
• chat messages
• headline messages
• presence informations
• IQ / machine / service queries
• XHTML messages ( including image tags )

• presence subscriptions

• MUC
  • kicking, blocking, banning users

• Server redirecting upon connection

• Server administration through XMPP messages
• Statistical gatherings
• Traffic filtering + logging

• Many open source implementations available
• huge developer base

• A stable protocol, described by open documents
• Decentralized network infrastructure
• Multiple clients for one user being online at the same time
• A standardized Publish-Subscribe scheme
• Real-time notification