Note: This document has been superseded by &rfc4622;.
+Note: This document has been superseded by &rfc5122;.
It is widely acknowledged that it would be good to be able to express a Jabber Identifier (JID) (see &xep0029;) as a Uniform Resource Identifier (see &rfc3986;). In addition, there would be value in being able to interact with a JID through a URI scheme (e.g., by sending a message or a presence update).
Although XMPP enables a wide range of functionality, the authors propose that a Jabber URI scheme needs to support only a limited subset of the possible Jabber functionality. In particular, we see the following as core functions that need to be supported: