25 Apr
2026
25 Apr
'26
2:22 p.m.
Somebody signing messages as Thilo Molitor wrote:
This seems backwards to me. SFS is just a shallow clone of SIMS but with less namespace reuse after all. Why would we lend legitimacy to something like that? Are you sure you are talking about the same XEP here? XEP-0447 says in its introduction:
Especially using the file metadata element seems like a better namespace reuse to me, no?
This element was invented for SFS and is my main objection to the XEP. Many equivalent elements exist in other XEP and RFC no need for yet another.
It also is generic and can be used for all types of file, not just for media.
So can SIMS. The M in SIMS may stand for "media" but this is as in "medir type" aka all files.