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I am Heiner Wolf. I am applying for XSF membership. I have been JSF member before. | I am Heiner Wolf. I am applying for XSF membership. I have been JSF/XSF member before. | ||
== Contact == | == Contact == | ||
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== History == | == History == | ||
I have been writing code for many years. I write mostly C++/PHP/C# and I will continue to do so. I was engaged in virtual presence projects of the European Union during my PhD. I was CTO of weblin), a virtual presence system based on Jabber (now defunct. I am now working on a successor to weblin in the [http://www.openvirtualworld.com Open Virtual World] project in my spare time, which also implementents 3D avatars on Web pages using the XMPP protocol with open source servers and custom clients. I speak and write about the topic "virtual presence with Jabber". | I have been writing code for many years. I write mostly C++/PHP/C# and I will continue to do so. I was engaged in virtual presence projects of the European Union during my PhD. I was CTO of weblin), a virtual presence system based on Jabber (now defunct). I am now working on a successor to weblin in the [http://www.openvirtualworld.com Open Virtual World] project in my spare time, which also implementents 3D avatars on Web pages using the XMPP protocol with open source servers and custom clients. I speak and write about the topic "[http://archive.fosdem.org/2007/schedule/speakers/heiner+wolf virtual presence with Jabber]" ([http://www.virtual-presence.org/data/FOSDEM-2007-VP.pdf PDF slides]). | ||
== Code == | == Code == | ||
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* I am currently developing a new virtual presence client with XMPP transport. | * I am currently developing a new virtual presence client with XMPP transport. | ||
* I am developing the server code (web site + game server) for the avatar system. | * I am developing the server code (web site + game server) for the avatar system. | ||
* I implemented a Twitter to Jabber gateway: [http://blog.wolfspelz.de/2008/09/twix-twitter-to-jabber-xmpp-gateway.html TwiX] (Twitter-to-XMPP) | |||
== XMPP Protocol == | == XMPP Protocol == | ||
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* I was authoring XEP-0151 and a set-redirect proposal. I contributed to avatar discussions. | * I was authoring XEP-0151 and a set-redirect proposal. I contributed to avatar discussions. | ||
* Virtual presence extensions to the XMPP protocol are documented at [http://www.virtual-presence.org/notes.html www.virtual-presence.org] | * Virtual presence extensions to the XMPP protocol are documented at [http://www.virtual-presence.org/notes.html www.virtual-presence.org] | ||
* I am active in the standardization of virtual worlds where I promote the use of XMPP not only as a chat protocol, but also as a virtual space protocol [http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-wolf-vp-identity-00 IETF draft for the Feb 2009 meeting]. I think Linden Lab is on the wrong track by extending HTTP for 2-way messaging when there is also a mature and widely adopted messaging protocol. | |||
== Web sites == | == Web sites == | ||
* [http://www.virtual | * [http://www.virtual-presence.org Virtual-Presence.org] an aggregator of virtual presence systems and news | ||
* [http://www.openvirtualworld.com | * [http://www.openvirtualworld.com OpenVirtualWorld.com] the Open Virtual World project blog | ||
* [http://lmslog.virtual-presence.org lmslog.virtual-presence.org] the status log of Website-URL -> Chatroom-JID mapping changes | * [http://lmslog.virtual-presence.org lmslog.virtual-presence.org] the status log of Website-URL -> Chatroom-JID mapping changes | ||
* [http://lms.virtual-presence.org/api/ lms.virtual-presence.org/api/] a web front end for the URL mapping library | |||
* [http://blog.wolfspelz.de/2008/09/twix-twitter-to-jabber-xmpp-gateway.html TwiX] a Twitter to XMPP gateway | |||
* [http://blog.wolfspelz.de blog.wolfspelz.de] my blog (german) | * [http://blog.wolfspelz.de blog.wolfspelz.de] my blog (german) | ||
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== Why I'm applying == | == Why I'm applying == | ||
I work on [http://www.virtual | I work on [http://www.virtual-presence.org virtual presence]. Jabber/XMPP is the best infrastructure for it. I am sure that we will see millions of people on the web with their avatars and this might give a giant push to XMPP (not that it would need it :-). As a project and a company we rely heavily on Jabber, XMPP client libraries, servers, documentation, and know-how. We are using off the shelf open source XMPP servers. In other words: Jabber is very important to my professional work. | ||