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IETF Publishes Jabber/XMPP RFCs

Posted by timothy on from the jaw-gab-palaver-prate-yak-blather dept.

stpeter writes "The Internet Engineering Task Force has published the XMPP specifications as RFCs. These documents formalize the core protocols developed within the Jabber open-source community, and publication as RFCs represents a major milestone in acceptance of Jabber technologies. Read on for details."

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  1. Indeed. Using an XML based protocol is a farce. by Viol8 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    WHy the hell do they use an XML based protocol? XML is when something has to be human readable and unless its for the benefit of some line tapping hacker who the hell is going to read IM packets? Not only is XML bloated and so sucks up bandwidth (important if you're still on dial up) but its slow to parse and generally ugly. "But its for developers!" someone shouts. I'm sorry? Just how dumb a developer do you have to be to not be able to grok some efficient binary protocol? "But its a standard" someone else shouts. No it isn't. XML is a shell , you can fill it with any old shit and just because something else is "XML based" doesn't mean it will understand it. Using XML for IM is a clear case of jumping on the bandwagon for no reason other than the sheep mentality coming to the fore.