[Standards-JIG] Re: UPDATED: JEP-0163 (Personal Eventing via Pubsub)

[Gary Burd]

On 8/2/06, Ian Paterson <ian.paterson at clientside.co.uk> wrote:
> For example, the "Open" access model will be an essential building block for
> countless protocols. It is already necessary for many existing protocols,
> including publishing public keys (JEP-0189) and, for many users, avatars
> (JEP-0084). Therefore, IMHO, PEP clients MAY use the "Open" model, but PEP
> services MUST support it.
>
> This will require a little more server-side protocol support - since node
> creation/subscribe/unsubscribe would also need to be moved to the "A PEP
> service MUST" list.

I don't think it's a "little" more work.

The problem with "open" is that the server must store the subscription
data.  This is an avenue for abuse that makes "open" more difficult to
support than "presence" and "roster".