[webteam] XML files for public transports

[Sander Devrieze]

<sidenote>
Example of the issue that should be fixed: http://www.jabber.org/node/411
</sidenote>

2008/4/13, Sander Devrieze <s.devrieze at pandora.be>:
> Hi,
>
>  I may be wrong, but I guess lists with public transports in XML format
>  (similar to the servers list) could be useful to improve usability of
>  XMPP clients, especially when transport-less XMPP servers like
>  gmail.com or jabber.org are involved. IMO this is *one* of the
>  requirements to get XMPP clients on par with multiprotocol clients.
>
>  This is a use case:
>  A user wants to register his MSN account. Instead of having to do
>  geeky things like "service discovering" he (or she) can *always*
>  select the Add MSN Account option; *even* when his current XMPP server
>  does not has any MSN transport. After selecting this option, a dialog
>  will open where the user can immediately register with the transport
>  on his own server. If however no MSN transport on the server is
>  detected, the XMPP client of the user will first download the latest
>  msn-transports.xml file from the Net and will randomly select one of
>  the public MSN transports in the file.
>
>  Other remarks:
>  * Server admins with public transports need to submit these transports
>  (or maybe public transports should be detected automatically?)
>  * The *-transport.xml files also can be used by uptime monitoring bots
>  which can test if all transports are still available and *working*! If
>  not, it would be extremely sexy if the XML file is updated
>  automatically.
>  * I guess (but may be wrong) that this can help to get more and better
>  public transports.
>
>  Would something like this be possible and beneficial?
>
>
>  --
>  Mvg, Sander Devrieze.
>


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Mvg, Sander Devrieze.