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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 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 ==
 
[Reported by Nicolas Vérité and Will Sheward]
 
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.
 
''XMPP and SIMPLE: A Comparative Study''
 
Vinay has written [http://vinaytechs.blogspot.com/2009/10/xmpp-and-simple-comparative-study.html an article comparing XMPP and SIMPLE], introducing both, describing their architectures, and of courses their strengths and weaknesses.
 
'' Really Real Time view to Twitter''
 
Jebu Ittiachen has posted a screencast showing [http://blog.jebu.net/2009/10/really-real-time-view-to-twitter/ really real-time Twitter views]. He used ejabberd, Strophe, and erlang, in order to get the Twitter stream and distribute it over XMPP and BOSH.
 
 
'''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].
 
''PuSH Bot: PubSubHubbub to XMPP Gateway''
 
A PubSubHubbub to XMPP gateway had already been mentionned in the previous Roundup, but PuSH Bot is a new such gateway running on [http://push-bot.appspot.com/ http://push-bot.appspot.com/]. The code is available under the Apache V2.0 license at the [http://code.google.com/p/partychapp/source/browse/#svn/trunk/pushbot partychapp project] (XMPP-based chatrooms for Google Talk).
 
''Collecta's XMPP API''
 
Collecta, the real-time search engine, has [http://developer.collecta.com/XmppApi/ published a new XMPP API].
 
''Tlen.pl XMPP federation''
 
Tlen.pl, or oxygen in polish, is a slightly modified XMPP service. It features voice calls, SMS and video conference. Tlen.pl has been compatible since a long time with Gadu-gadu, the most used IM service in Poland (proprietary client, service, and protocol). Tlen.pl is now [http://osnews.pl/juz-dziala-s2s-w-sieci-tlenpl/ open to XMPP federation].
 
''Today’s Special''
 
Prashant Thakkar has written that serves quotes of the day, words of the day, historical events of the day,  horoscope of the day, joke of the day, as well as cricket scores. Just add todays-special@appspot.com to your roster and send 'help' to get a list of commands.
 
''Clisearch Jabber bot''
 
[http://clisearch.net/ Clisearch] is a Jabber bot that will answer your queries, subscribe to RSS feeds and topics, manage your tasks and bookmarks, plus help you count with a calculator. Just add agent@clisearch.net to your roster and start by typing the usual 'help'. Clisearch is brought to you by Roman Kvasnyj from Russia and Anurag Bhatia from India.
 
 
'''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.
 
''Tigase Server 4.3''
 
Artur Hefczyc has released the [http://www.tigase.org/en/content/tigase-xmpp-server-431-b1858 version 4.3 of the Tigase Server]. It contains a lot of performance improvements, as well as new features, like monitoring, scripting, or roster versionning, and much more.
 
''Device state and MWI via PubSub in Asterisk''
 
[http://www.asterisk.org/ Asterisk], the well-known opensource telephony platform, integrates a feature (at the time of this writing, waiting for testing) enabling to [https://issues.asterisk.org/view.php?id=15757 broadcast the device states and the MWI] (Message Waiting Indicator), using the XMPP's [http://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0060.html publish-and-subscribe mechanism].
 
''Telepaatti''
 
[http://23.fi/telepaatti/ Telepaatti] is IRC to Jabber/XMPP gateway compatible with MUC-protocol (Multi user chat). It allows you to join MUC-rooms and communicate with Jabber/XMPP users via your IRC client. Telepaatti acts as Jabber/XMPP client imitating IRC-server.
 
''Emite''
 
[http://code.google.com/p/emite/ Emite] is a GWT XMPP library (Google We Toolkit) under the LGPL v3 license.
 
''Streaming Apple Events over XMPP''
 
Dan Brickley has released a Ruby script that [http://danbri.org/words/2009/10/19/483 re-routes the Mac OS X Apple Remote event stream to XMPP].
 
''ReaTiWe and PaaS''
 
[http://reatiwe.appspot.com/ ReaTiWe] (for "real-time web") is an application hosted on the Google App Engine (GAE), which is a "playground for all cool real-time-related stuff", including technologies such as XMPP, WebHooks, and PuSH (PubSubHubbub). It relies on [http://status.zhware.net/ PaaS] for Presence-as-a-Service, which is using XMPP presence stanza for microblogging. Both [http://github.com/zh/reatiwe ReaTiWe] and [paas PaaS] source codes are published by [http://zh.soup.io/ Stoyan Zhekov].
 
''Confbot: a Google Talk conference bot''
 
Perry Lorier has written and released [http://coders.meta.net.nz/~perry/jabber/confbot.php Confbot] under the GPL license. It is a python bot that enables group chats to Gtalk (and XMPP) users. It has been written in the early days of Gtalk, back in 2005.
 
''ejabberd_testing: automated testing for ejabberd modules''
 
Eric Cestari has posted a [http://cestari.wordpress.com/2009/10/27/ejabberd_testing-automated-testing-for-ejabberd-modules/ short article] on his blog, pointing to [http://github.com/cstar/ejabberd_testing ejabberd_testing]. The goal is is to be able to test ejabberd modules. It is released under the BSD license.
 
''joom''
 
Released under the Artistic and GPL licenses, [http://code.google.com/p/joom/ joom] is a collaborative brainstorming tool, similar to a group chat plus topics creation. First originality, the UI combines the personal roster, as well as the room roster. The other originality, is that the UI shows different views of the conversations: the regular stream of messages, and the active and inactive topic views, which filter out messages with certain hashtags. Thus it is possible to hold mulitple conversations in one room.
 
 
'''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]
 
''All the XEP in PDF''
 
[http://ayena.de Tobias Markmann] has written a XEP publishing mechanism that generates the XEP in PDF format, with syntax highlighting for example stanzas. You can now download each one of them, read them while offline, and distribute them. Tobias has also added checkboxes that enable the filtering based on the status.
 
 
'''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!''
 
 
'''Events'''
 
A "hack-a-thon XMPP meetup" is being held at 6:00pm on November 4th at the PariSoMa coworking space in San Francisco. If you're interested in joining in plase RSVP by following the link [http://www.parisoma.com/2009/10/xmpp-and-jabber-technologies-meetup-nov-4-6pm at the bottom of this blog post].
 
 
'''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.

Latest revision as of 13:30, 29 September 2011

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:

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
  • even better with credit