Per a vote of the XMPP Council, advanced status to Draft; XMPP Registrar assigned alt-connections shortname and created appropriate registry.
The following examples show two DNS TXT resource records: the first indicates support for the httpbind connection method defined in XEP-0124 and the second indicates support for WAP connections (both include appropriate URLs).
+The following examples show two DNS TXT resource records: the first indicates support for the XMPP Over BOSH connection method defined in XEP-0124 and XEP-0206 and the second indicates support for WAP connections (the latter connection method is not yet defined).
The XMPP Registrar shall maintain a registry of attributes for use in DNS TXT resource records that advertise alternative connection methods.
+The ®ISTRAR; maintains a registry of attributes for use in DNS TXT resource records that advertise alternative XMPP connection methods (see &ALTCONN;).
the name of the attribute to be used in DNS TXT records
a natural-language description of the alternative connection method
- the syntax of the DNS TXT record attribute value
+ the syntax of the DNS TXT record attribute value
the document in which the alternative connection method is specified
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@@ -150,19 +157,19 @@ _xmppconnect IN TXT "_xmpp-client-wap=http://wap.jabber.org/connector.cgi"
_xmpp-client-httppoll
- the HTTP Polling connection method
-
- the http: or https: URL at which to contact the HTTP Polling connection manager or proxy
-
+ HTTP Polling connection method
+
+ The http: or https: URL at which to contact the HTTP Polling connection manager or proxy
+
XEP-0025
_xmpp-client-xbosh
- the XMPP Over Bosh connection method
-
- the http: or https: URL at which to contact the HTTP Binding connection manager or proxy
-
+ XMPP Over Bosh connection method
+
+ The http: or https: URL at which to contact the HTTP Binding connection manager or proxy
+
XEP-0206
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