[Standards] XEP-0115 and RFC3921bis

[Joe Hildebrand]

On Jan 19, 2008, at 8:20 PM, Peter Saint-Andre wrote:

> Tomasz Sterna wrote:
>> On Cz, 2008-01-17 at 13:08 -0700, Peter Saint-Andre wrote:
>>> <presence from='romeo at montague.lit/orchard'>
>>>   <c xmlns='http://jabber.org/protocol/caps'
>> Since we do agree that caps is a crucial feature, had anyone  
>> thought of
>> adding the <c/> element to RFC3921bis allowed 4.7.2. Child Elements
>> to drop off the long xmlns='http://jabber.org/protocol/caps' string?
>
> Well the idea behind the bis drafts is to clarify the core features,  
> correct errors, update our usage of technologies like TLS and SASL  
> (there are updated RFCs for those now), etc. -- but not to add new  
> features.

As well, removing the namespace would break backwards-compatibility,  
which we've been bending over backwards to avoid.

Cool idea, though.

-- 
Joe Hildebrand