While at the moment it only supports text messaging and VoIP, it is extendable to video conferencing and other communications forms in future.Ĭonsistency At the moment there are a crowd of protocols used to handle the different communication forms. Therefore it doesn't matter on which Jabber server a user registered, he can enter a conference hosted on another server without opening an extra connection to this server.įlexibility With Jingle Jabber is very flexible in the way it communicates. Here possible reasons why we should deploy Jabber:įederation In Jabber all servers are connected to each other. Those communications forms are limited to plain text messaging. In case of positive conclusion the implementation also goes into this specification.Īt the moment the most communication in the Ubuntu community takes place in Ubuntu forums, mailings lists and IRC.
This specifiation defines application fields of Jabber withhin the Ubuntu community and Pro / Cons for using it. We should consider to deploy this technology. Jabber (also called XMPP) is an open and standardized IM protocol, which provides a feature called MUC (Multi User Chat), where users can create conference rooms on a jabber server to communicate with each other. If it is Approved, contact the Assignee or another knowledgeable person before making changes.
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