Re: Gatekeeper and ILS-successor (was: Re: [GnomeMeeting-list] no ringing tone with phonejack pci and headset)

[Craig Southeren <craigs postincrement com>]

On Mon, 21 Jun 2004 10:24:40 +0200
Kilian Krause <kk verfaction de> wrote:

> Hi Damien,
> 
> > There is no ntion of state, however you can use any LDAP attribute you
> > want for the rest (comment, location, ...)
> 
> how about padding the comment field with a "O;" for online, "A;" for
> away and "N;" for N/A or busy as in a call? That way we don't break
> field specs, but we have an internal idea of what the user is doing. 

I think that is a really bad idea.

Gatekeepers/registrars do presence, but do not hold directories

LDAP is a directory, but do not do presence.

If you want LDAP+presence, then you may as well stay with ILS because
that is at least a "de-facto" standard

If you want a combined presence + directory system, then think about
using something like IMPP (Jabber) in combination with a gatekeeper, as
that is what the SIP people are moving towards.

   Craig



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