Version 1.0 of XEP-0171: Language Translation has been released.
This specification defines an XMPP protocol extension for providing language translation facilities over XMPP. It supports human, machine, client-based, and server-based translations.
The changelog is:
Per a vote of the XMPP Council, advanced status to Draft. (psa)
Version 0.2 of XEP-0236: Abuse Reporting has been released.
This specification defines an XMPP protocol extension for reporting abusive traffic sent over an XMPP network. Note: This specification has been retracted in favor of XEP-0161, which now contains the content originally published in this specification.
The changelog is:
Retracted in favor of XEP-0161, which now contains the content originally published in this specification. (psa)
A new website has started just for discussion about Jabber/XMPP technologies: JabberForum.org. If you prefer web forums to chatrooms and email discussion lists, JabberForum.org is for you! We have turned off the forums at www.jabber.org, so please use JabberForum.org instead from now on. Thanks!
To reduce confusion, we have closed account registration at the jabber.org website. Many people thought that website registration also created an account at the jabber.org IM service, which is not true. We may enable website registration again, but only after we connect the two account databases. If you need a website account (e.g., to comment on stories or add software listings), please ask one of the website admins, who will be happy to help you.
As you might have guessed, the machine (athena) on which the jabber.org IM service runs is having hardware issues. In fact it is currently being held together with duct tape and string. :) Thankfully, HP has donated a powerful new machine (hermes) for this service. Now we just need to get hermes up and running, install the Debian operating system and the ejabberd IM software, move the jabber.org account data over, and update DNS pointers. That will happen over the next 24 to 48 hours. There may be some outages between now and then.
We are currently experiencing hardware problems at the jabber.org IM service, so it is offline. We are preparing a new machine but we are not yet sure when it will be ready. We will report back as soon as possible regarding the server status. We are extremely sorry about the repeated outages.
Version 0.4 of XEP-0161: Abuse Reporting has been released.
This document specifies an XMPP protocol extension for reporting abusive XMPP stanzas.
The changelog is:
Generalized text and protocol to handle all kinds of abuse and folded in content from XEP-0236. (psa)
We attempted to restart the jabber.org IM service this evening after installing some patches, but the service is not restarting. It should be restarted in a few hours.
Version 0.17 of XEP-0136: Message Archiving has been released.
This document defines mechanisms and preferences for the archiving and retrieval of XMPP messages.
The changelog is:
Split encryption content off into new specification. (psa)
Version 0.1 of XEP-0241: Encryption of Archived Messages has been released.
This specification defines methods for encrypting messages that are archived at an XMPP server.
The changelog is:
Initial version, split off from XEP-0136 per XMPP Council consensus. (psa)
Version 0.1 of XEP-0240: Auto-Discovery of JabberIDs has been released.
This specification defines a recommended best practice for linking to JabberIDs from documents hosted on the World Wide Web.
The changelog is:
Initial published version. (psa)
We regret to announce that for certain reasons we have had to temporarily disable registration of new user accounts on the jabber.org IM service.
Existing users will still be able use the server as normal, barring changing passwords and removing their account. (If you are an existing user and need assistance feel free to join our chat room at jabber@conference.jabber.org).
This measure is only temporary, and we hope to restore full service as soon as possible.
We experienced an outage of our IM server today. Analysis reveals that the cause was corrupt data in the "private data storage" module, which is used to store information such as client preferences and chatroom bookmarks. We are working to restore this private data, but until we do certain information may not be available to your Jabber client. Our apologies for the outage.
Version 0.3 of XEP-0237: Roster Sequencing has been released.
This specification proposes a modification to the XMPP roster management protocol to support sequencing of roster changes for more efficient downloading of the roster information.
The changelog is:
Defined protocol solely in terms of full rosters and roster pushes (no more roster diffs); added implementation notes; clarified server behavior if cached version is unavailable. (psa)
Version 0.6 of XEP-0154: User Profile has been released.
This document specifies how to represent and manage profile data about IM users and other XMPP entities using the XMPP Data Forms extension.
The changelog is:
Updated to reflect stable PEP protocol; added OpenID field; specified XML schema; changed namespace to conform to XMPP Registrar procedures. (psa)
Version 0.9 of XEP-0181: Jingle DTMF has been released.
This specification defines an XML format for encapsulating Dual Tone Multi-Frequency (DTMF) events in informational messages sent within the context of Jingle audio sessions, e.g. to be used in the context of Interactive Voice Response (IVR) systems.
The changelog is:
Removed negotiation flow so that this specification describes only the XMPP transport of DTMF events; added error flows to be used if the code is not understood or if a non-XMPP method is preferred. (psa)
The previously mentioned problem with legacy SSL connections to the jabber.org IM service has been solved. You can now connect again to port 5223. But if your client was unable to connect during the outage, you may want to file a feature request for STARTTLS support. :)
Over the last few days, client connections to the legacy SSL port (5223) have not been working at the jabber.org IM service. We will get this back up and running as soon as possible. However, secure connections to port 5222 (using STARTTLS) are working fine.
Loudmouth now got a beta version of Ruby bindings. You can read more in my personal blog, Ruby bindings for Loudmouth.
Also check the code out at, Github.
Thanks to support from Process-one the jabber.org IM service has been successfully upgraded. Certain advanced features have been temporarily disabled (e.g., pubsub and "PEP"), but we are working to enable those as soon as possible. Thank you for your patience.
The jabber.org IM service will be upgraded today to a new version of the ejabberd software. The upgrade will begin at 19:00 UTC (check worldtimeserver.com for your local time). Our apologies for the server outage, but the new software should enable us to improve the stability of the jabber.org service.
Today we have started the server uptime monitor in it's simplest form. There is still a lot of work to do, but we have started completing verification of the servers. If you have applied for a verification, you should receive a phone call today or tomorrow to verify the submitted information.
If you haven't applied yet, please read the IM Service Submission guide.
Version 1.0 of XEP-0239: Binary XMPP has been released.
This specification defines Binary XMPP, an obviously superior representation of the Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP).
The changelog is:
N/A
The web team has received some questions about the IM services list. We are currently working to improve the submission process, which includes setting up a monitoring system so we can report on uptime. We should have that running in the next few days, at which point we will accept more submissions. Thanks for your patience!
Version 0.1 of XEP-0238: XMPP Protocol Flows for Inter-Domain Federation has been released.
This specification provides detailed protocol flows for the establishment of communication between domains that provide XMPP services, including permutations for a wide variety of possible federation policies.
The changelog is:
Initial published version. (psa)
Version 0.3 of XEP-0235: Authorization Tokens has been released.
This specification defines an XMPP extension for generating, requesting, and using authorization tokens, which can be used to join Multi-User Chat rooms, subscribe to Publish-Subscribe nodes, and even register XMPP accounts.
The changelog is:
Changed data forms usage to semantic XML format (except for in-band registration). (psa)
The conference.jabber.org chatroom service had over 4000 unused rooms, so we have deleted most of them in order to solve some performance problems at the jabber.org IM server. If your room was deleted in error, feel free to re-create it. Join the jabber@conference.jabber.org room if you have any questions.
Version 0.17 of XEP-0176: Jingle ICE-UDP Transport Method has been released.
This specification defines a Jingle transport method that results in sending media data using raw datagram sockets via the User Datagram Protocol (UDP). This transport method is negotiated via the Interactive Connectivity Establishment (ICE) methodology d
The changelog is:
Moved pwd and ufrag attributes from candidate element to transport element since they describe session-level or media-level information. (psa)
Version 0.2 of XEP-0234: Jingle File Transfer has been released.
This specification defines a Jingle application type for transferring files between two entities. The protocol provides a modular framework that enables the exchange of information about the file to be transferred as well as the negotiation of parameters
The changelog is:
Added transport negotiation scenario. (psa)
Version 0.2 of XEP-0232: Software Information has been released.
This document specifies an extended data format whereby XMPP service discovery responses can include detailed information about the software application that powers a given XMPP entity for including detailed data about the in service discovery responses.
The changelog is:
Added icon fields. (psa)
You can now log in to the jabber.org website using your OpenID. We're still working on the ability to log in with any JabberID. Stay tuned...
Version 0.7 of XEP-0189: Public Key Publishing has been released.
This specification defines a method by which an entity can publish its public keys over XMPP.
The changelog is:
Changed temporary namespace per XEP-0053 procedures; corrected several small errors in the text and examples. (psa)
Version 0.2 of XEP-0223: Best Practices for Persistent Storage of Private Data via Publish-Subscribe has been released.
This specification defines best practices for using the XMPP publish-subscribe extension to persistently store private information such as bookmarks and client configuration options.
The changelog is:
Removed hokey acronym; changed type to Informational; clarified text. (psa)
Version 0.2 of XEP-0222: Best Practices for Persistent Storage of Public Data via Publish-Subscribe has been released.
This specification defines best practices for using the XMPP publish-subscribe extension to persistently store semi-public data objects such as public keys and personal profiles.
The changelog is:
Removed hokey acronym; changed type to Informational; clarified text. (psa)
Version 1.1 of XEP-0182: Application-Specific Error Conditions has been released.
This document defines a registry of application-specific error conditions.
The changelog is:
Changed namespace from http://jabber.org/protocol/errors to urn:xmpp:errors. (psa)
Version 1.11 of XEP-0060: Publish-Subscribe has been released.
This specification defines an XMPP protocol extension for generic publish-subscribe functionality. The protocol enables XMPP entities to create nodes (topics) at a pubsub service and publish information at those nodes; an event notification (with or witho
The changelog is:
For collection nodes, changed name of node child element to associate and added disassociate child element to handle disassociation use case; corrected SHIM examples to conform to XEP-0131; modified lease expiry notification for consistency with other subscription-related notifications (i.e., not using SHIM header); renamed SHIM headers to Collection and SubID for consistency with HTTP and Email headers. (rm/psa)
Version 1.1 of XEP-0174: Serverless Messaging has been released.
This specification defines how to communicate over local or wide-area networks using the principles of zero-configuration networking for endpoint discovery and the syntax of XML streams and XMPP messaging for real-time communication. This method uses DNS-
The changelog is:
Clarified order of publishing and querying DNS records; corrected several DNS errors in the text and examples; added friendly How It Works section; added implementation note about port choice; updated TXT records to reflect version 1.5 of XEP-0115; updated registry; generalized text to handle usage of wide-area DNS-SD. (psa)
People who send instant messages typically use lots of acronyms and abbreviations like LOL and BBL. What do they all mean? We've created a list of English-language acronyms to help you "speak IM". If you have suggestions for improvement, please leave a comment on this story. TIA, GTG! :)
What is Loudmouth?
Loudmouth is a small C library for writing Jabber clients written using
GLib. It's designed to be extensible while maintaining ease of use.
Loudmouth 1.3.4 is a release on the unstable 1.3 branch. It contains of added
features and bug fixes.
The email problem is solved. Thank you for your continued patience as we work through bugs related to the site upgrade.
Sorry, but email notifications seem to be broken. If you really need your site password (e.g., to add software listings), please contact a member of the website team. We hope to have the problem fixed soon!
Version 0.17 of XEP-0167: Jingle Audio via RTP has been released.
This specification defines a Jingle application type for negotiating a voice chat or other audio session. The application type uses the Real-time Transport Protocol (RTP) for the underlying media exchange and provides a straightforward mapping to Session
The changelog is:
Corrected use of content-replace action per XEP-0166. (psa)
Version 0.25 of XEP-0166: Jingle has been released.
This specification defines an XMPP protocol extension for initiating and managing peer-to-peer media sessions between two XMPP entities in a way that is interoperable with existing Internet standards. The protocol provides a pluggable model that enables t
The changelog is:
More clearly specified the content-replace action (essentially similar to content-add); specified that content-accept shall be sent in response to content-replace; removed content-modify and content-accept from PENDING state; adjusted text regarding initial session negotiation. (psa)
Version 0.11 of XEP-0180: Jingle Video via RTP has been released.
This specification defines a Jingle application type for negotiating a video chat or other video session. The application type uses the Real-time Transport Protocol (RTP) for the underlying media exchange and provides a straightforward mapping to Session
The changelog is:
Moved profile attribute from XEP-0166 to this specification. (psa)
Version 1.5 of XEP-0115: Entity Capabilities has been released.
This document defines an XMPP protocol extension for broadcasting and dynamically discovering client, device, or generic entity capabilities. In order to minimize network impact, the transport mechanism is standard XMPP presence broadcast (thus forestalli
The changelog is:
[See revision history] (jjh/psa)
After many months of preparation, we have finally relaunched the jabber.org website! The new site is powered by Drupal and therefore is easier to maintain for the whole community. Please be patient as we fix the remaining bugs but feel free to report them on the forum. Thanks to everyone who contributed to this effort!
Filed under “interesting moments”:
bard: btw, SP won.
ivan: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH
bard: right.
I didn't post about 0.9, the most significant release in a while, and I didn't post about 0.9.1, its first refresh. Another bit of news has come in, and the list-of-thing-I-should-write-about has become just a tad too big to keep postponing...
SamePlace was one of the three grand-prize winners at the Extend Firefox 2 Contest, together with Shareaholic and Minimap. There isn't much to add to the the official mozilla.com post, except a big thank you to those who believe in SamePlace and keep devoting time and attention to it, by testing, coding, helping out newbies, verifying bugs, giving suggestions, translating—you rock big time and it would take a much better writer than me to do justice to all that with a simple blog post—and another thank you to the notable people who deemed SamePlace worth of the prize.
(Update: ok, ok, perhaps I should have also added that there were no 1st/2nd/3rd/nth prizes, despite how they look like on the mozilla.com post to the speed reader, results in both the grand prize and runner-up categories are simply sorted alphabetically.)
The Mozilla platform is in great shape. XMPP seems to be quickly turning from the future of instant messaging into its present, one giant at a time. SamePlace is at the crossing point—probably an interesting place to be in the next months. :-) If you're looking for an open source project to join where people can push the envelope of what's possible and still have fun and not take themselves too seriously, just ping us.
Version 0.5 of XEP-0201: Best Practices for Message Threads has been released.
This specification defines recommended handling of XMPP message threads.
The changelog is:
Defined parent attribute and provided recommendations regarding creation of new threads and child threads. (psa)
Version 0.2 of XEP-0221: Data Forms Media Element has been released.
This specification defines an XMPP protocol extension for including media data in XEP-0004 data forms.
The changelog is:
[See revision history] (psa)
Version 0.1 of XEP-0233: Use of Domain-Based Service Names in XMPP SASL Negotiation has been released.
This specification defines a method by which a connection manager associated with an XMPP server can inform a connecting client about its domain-based service name.
The changelog is:
Initial published version. (psa)
Version 0.1 of XEP-0231: Data Element has been released.
This specification defines an XMPP protocol extension for including small bits of binary data in an XML stanza.
The changelog is:
Initial published version. (psa)
Version 0.1 of XEP-0230: Service Discovery Notifications has been released.
This specification defines a method for requesting and receiving notifications regarding XMPP service discovery items.
The changelog is:
Initial published version. (psa)
Version 1.2 of XEP-0118: User Tune has been released.
This specification defines a payload format for communicating information about music to which a user is listening, including the title, track number, collection, performer, composer, length, and user rating. The payload format is typically transported us
The changelog is:
Added rating element. (psa)
Version 2.4 of XEP-0078: Non-SASL Authentication has been released.
This document specifies a protocol for authentication with Jabber servers and services using the jabber:iq:auth namespace. Note Well: The protocol specified herein has been deprecated in favor of SASL authentication as specified in RFC 3920.
The changelog is:
Clarified the reasoning behind adoption of SASL and corrected the security considerations accordingly. (psa)
Version 1.5 of XEP-0080: User Location has been released.
This specification defines an XMPP protocol extension for communicating information about the current geographical or physical location of an entity.
The changelog is:
Added speed element. (jjh/psa)
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Last updated:
May 12, 2008 00:38
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The maintainer of this Planet is Ralph Meijer. He can be contacted at ralphm@ik.nu (Jabber and e-mail).
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