2 Jun
2026
2 Jun
'26
5:39 a.m.
The XMPP Extensions Editor has received a proposal for a new XEP.
Title: Jingle User Location
Abstract:
This specification defines a Jingle application extension for
negotiating and updating user location inside an active Jingle session
using the XEP-0080 User Location payload.
URL: https://xmpp.org/extensions/inbox/jingle-geoloc.html
The Council will decide in the next two weeks whether to accept this
proposal as an official XEP.
2 Jun
2 Jun
8:35 a.m.
On Tue, 2 Jun 2026 at 10:54, Daniel Gultsch <daniel(a)gultsch.de> wrote:
Title: Jingle User Location
Abstract:
This specification defines a Jingle application extension for
negotiating and updating user location inside an active Jingle session
using the XEP-0080 User Location payload.
URL: https://xmpp.org/extensions/inbox/jingle-geoloc.html
I'm not wholly sure why this would need to be encapsulated in the Jingle
content description?
Why wouldn't this be simply sent alongside in a message? (And, in general,
I'd like this - the WhatsApp location sharing in a chat feature is very
useful!)
Dave.
10:31 a.m.
On Tue, 2026-06-02 at 13:35 +0100, Dave Cridland wrote:
On Tue, 2 Jun 2026 at 10:54, Daniel Gultsch <daniel(a)gultsch.de>
wrote:
This is not only a question of why, but also this is directly
contradicting and incompatible to the nature of Jingle.
Jingle is to initiate and maintain peer-to-peer session in form of
specific application data transferred via a datagram or streaming
transport between entities.
Jingle has mandatory requirements for conformance and this
specification does not comply with any of
them https://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0166.html#conformance
If sending the location via actual Jingle is desirable (which is what
the abstract claims the XEP specifies, but doesn't actually do), one
option is to use XEP-0080 via XEP-0247.
Alternatively, if Jingle is not really a requirement and inband is a
good option, either the use of XEP-0080 via a PEP node with access
restrictions could be an option, or a new specification to transfer
XEP-0080 via <message/> as Dave suggested could also be interesting.
Marvin
Title: Jingle User Location
Abstract:
This specification defines a Jingle application extension for
negotiating and updating user location inside an active Jingle
session
using the XEP-0080 User Location payload.
URL: https://xmpp.org/extensions/inbox/jingle-geoloc.html
I'm not wholly sure why this would need to be encapsulated in the
Jingle content description?
Why wouldn't this be simply sent alongside in a message? (And, in
general, I'd like this - the WhatsApp location sharing in a chat
feature is very useful!)
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