Hi, Thats great to here that the intention is the same. I dont think the text conveys that though.
hint that the specified range of the content is being addressed to the specified occupant.
If i send "@admins please ban this user" and then mark "please ban this user" with begin/end, i would say i follow the XEP because i marked the content which is addressed to the admins. Regards Philipp On Tue, Mar 10, 2026, at 19:06, Snit Guckfung via Standards wrote:
On Tue, 10 Mar 2026 18:47:05 +0100 Philipp Hörist <philipp@hoerist.com> wrote:
Hi,
Im a bit confused about begin/end
The XEP says
If a mention element of type urn:xmpp:mentions:0 or its subtypes contains both begin and end attributes, the receiving entity MAY use this as a hint that the specified range of the content is being addressed to the specified occupant.
I dont think this is necessary, as its usual that the content that follows the mention is addressed to the mentioned user.
What was missing was that we can special format the nickname or the @admin @all etc in the GUI when we receive a message, without hardcoding some regex or scanning for nicknames.
The 'begin' and 'end' attributes specify the range of the specially-formatted text. It is meant to be used to, for example, pillify text like "@room" or "@romeo". Note that there can be multiple mentions, and the content addressed to them isn't always what follows: "@romeo, have you seen @juliet?" has two mentions, with ranges specified for "@romeo" and "@juliet". _______________________________________________ Standards mailing list -- standards@xmpp.org To unsubscribe send an email to standards-leave@xmpp.org