[Foundation] June 13 Foundation Text Conference Agenda

[Iain Shigeoka]

At 11:17 AM 6/13/2001 -0500, Peter Saint-Andre wrote:
>I think it's a bit early for a JAM JIG but there's probably enough
>interest in it to justify forming that group.
>
>I was just talking with Dizzy and Jack Erwin (a developer at jabber.com)
>and we definitely see a more immediate need for a JIG that will define the
>format for Jabber IDs. Right now the JID format (allowable characters,
>length, etc.) is undefined (or at best a bit loose), and that's a problem.
>
>A JID-JIG isn't as glamorous as a JAM-JIG, but it's quite necessary. :)

Do we really need a JIG for it?  Isn't this something that the Standards 
jig can/should handle?  There are surrounding issues even regarding the 
most fundamental standard (the JID) that would probably best be handled as 
a coordinated standards effort.

-iain


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