diff --git a/xep-0109.xml b/xep-0109.xml index d935a657..14127060 100644 --- a/xep-0109.xml +++ b/xep-0109.xml @@ -6,23 +6,35 @@
- Vacation Messages - A protocol for setting up vacation messages in Jabber. + Out-of-Office Messages + This document defines an XMPP protocol extension for communicating out-of-office status. &LEGALNOTICE; 0109 - Deferred - Informational + Experimental + Standards Track Standards - XEP-0030, XEP-0082 + XEP-0060, XEP-0163 None None - vacation + ooo + + Darrell + Piner + dpiner@cisco.com + dpiner@cisco.com + Robert Norris rob@cataclysm.cx rob@cataclysm.cx + + 0.3 + 2010-05-24 + rdp + Modified specification to use PEP instead of a dedicated protocol; streamlined use cases; changed namespace to urn:xmpp:ooo:0. + 0.2 2003-08-12 @@ -38,129 +50,261 @@
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Popular electronic mail systems have long including features that allow users to set up automated messages that are returned to message senders when the user is not able to deal with the message immediately. This feature is commonly known as "vacation messages", because it is most commonly used when a user is unable to read their messages because they are on vacation.

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This document describes a similar system that allows Jabber users to setup vacation messages when they are away.

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Popular electronic mail systems include features allowing users to set up + automated messages that are returned to message senders when the user is not + able to deal with the message immediately. This feature is commonly known as + "out-of-office" or "vacation" messages, because it is most commonly used when + a user is unable to read their messages because they are out of the office + (e.g., on vacation).

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This document describes a similar system that enables XMPP users to setup + out-of-office messages when they are away.

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The basis for the e-mail system mechanism is considering an incoming + message at the server level and determining whether to respond with a canned + out-of-office message. While a system may send a response for each incoming + message, many systems provide an optimization where a response to subsequent + e-mail messages is sent after some period of time expires.

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The requirements for this document are fairly straightforward. A user MUST be able to:

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The requirements for this feature are fairly straightforward. A user MUST be able to:

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Additionally, a server supporting vacation messages MUST respond to a message sent to a local user that has an active vacation message set by automatically sending that message to the sender.

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All these requirements are satisfied by &xep0163;, which is a subset of &xep0060;.

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The out-of-office setting contains a start-time, an end-time and a + short message text.

+ + 2003-07-06T10:30:00+10:00 +2003-07-13T08:00:00+10:00 +I'm attending OSCON in sunny Portland and won't be able to + read your message until I get back. If its urgent, please + send email to rob@cataclysm.cx. +]]> + +

The start and end times are informational only; i.e., the server does + nothing with these values other than store them. PEP does not include node + lifetime management (i.e., start and end times for the node); therefore, the server is unable + to enforce any start and end times included in the settings.

+ +

Using the PEP mechanism a client creates + out-of-office settings on a PEP node with the desired access model (such as Presence or Open). When + a user (or their client) sends presence containing CAPS (see &xep0115;) with an + entry for out-of-office to a contact with an out-of-office message, the user's + client is notified of the out-of-office message and may display, in a client-defined + fashion, the out-of-office settings information.

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Clients may rely on the PEP node for notifications of changes as well as + automatic notification when the user logs-in (i.e., a user is notified of the + current item on the out-of-office PEP node of another user on sending initial + presence).

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Before attempting to set or retrieve its current vacation settings, a user SHOULD first verify that their server supports vacation messages. To do this, the user makes a &xep0030; "#info" query to their server. If supported, the server includes a feature of "http://www.jabber.org/protocol/vacation" in the result.

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A user may request their current out-of-office message by sending an IQ get to the local server like so:

- - - - - ]]> - - - ... - - ... - + + + + ]]> - - - - -

A user may request their current vacation settings by sending an IQ get to the local server like so:

- - - + + + + + 2003-07-06T10:30:00+10:00 + 2003-07-13T08:00:00+10:00 + I'm attending OSCON in sunny Portland and won't be able to + read your message until I get back. If its urgent, please + send email to rob@cataclysm.cx. + + + + ]]> - - - 2003-07-06T10:30:00+10:00 - 2003-07-13T08:00:00+10:00 - I'm attending OSCON in sunny Portland and won't be able to - read your message until I get back. If its urgent, please - send email to rob@cataclysm.cx. - - - ]]> +

The <start/> and <end/> elements define the times between which this vacation + message should be considered valid by a supporting client; the times are in + the format specified by &xep0082;.

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The <message/> element contains the text of the message which the client may + display for the user (when appropriate).

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<start/> and <end/> define the times between which this vacation message is valid. These are in the format specified by &xep0082;.

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<message/> contains the text of the message that will be sent to a remote user that sends the user a message while they have active vacation settings.

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If the user has no stored vacation message, the user will receive a + result like the following:

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If the user has no stored vacation settings, the user will receive a result like the following:

- - ]]> - + - + -

A user may set new vacation settings by sending a IQ to the local server like so:

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A user may set new vacation message by publishing a new item with an id + of 'current' to the out-of-office node:

- - - 2003-07-06T10:30:00+10:00 - 2003-07-13T08:00:00+10:00 - I'm attending OSCON in sunny Portland and won't be able to - read your message until I get back. If its urgent, please - send email to rob@cataclysm.cx. - + + + + + + 2003-07-06T10:30:00+10:00 + 2003-07-13T08:00:00+10:00 + I'm attending OSCON in sunny Portland and won't be able to + read your message until I get back. If its urgent, please + send email to rob@cataclysm.cx. + + + + ]]> - + + + + + + 2003-07-06T10:30:00+10:00 + 2003-07-13T08:00:00+10:00 + I'm attending OSCON in sunny Portland and won't be able to + read your message until I get back. If its urgent, please + send email to rob@cataclysm.cx. + + + + + +]]> + +

And by design, PEP sends a notification to all the user's resources.

+ + + + + + + 2003-07-06T10:30:00+10:00 + 2003-07-13T08:00:00+10:00 + I'm attending OSCON in sunny Portland and won't be able to + read your message until I get back. If its urgent, please + send email to rob@cataclysm.cx. + + + + + ]]>

The meaning of each element is as outlined above. All elements are required.

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Additionally, the <start/> and <end/> elements MAY be empty (ie have no CDATA). When <start/> is empty, the server MUST take this to mean that the settings should take effect immediately. Similarly, when <end/> is empty, the server MUST take this to mean that the settings should never expire (unless they are explicitly removed).

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Additionally, the <start/> and <end/> elements MAY be empty (i.e., + have no CDATA). When <start/> is empty, the client MUST take this to mean + that the settings should take effect immediately. Similarly, when <end/> + is empty, the client MUST take this to mean that the settings should never + expire (unless they are explicitly removed).

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A user may remove all stored vacation settings by sending a IQ to the local server like so:

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A user may remove all stored vacation settings by sending an IQ to the local server like so:

- + + + + + + ]]> + ]]> +

TODO: Is the Delete And Notify functionality described in XEP-0060 + 7.2.2.1 widely implemented? If so, should that case be included here?

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In PEP, a node's default access model is 'presence' (i.e., any other user + with a subscription type "from" or "both" may subscribe to the node. PEP + provides other access models including a 'whitelist.' See &xep0060; section + 4.5 for a list of Node Access Models.

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The whitelist access model can be used to hide the current + out-of-office message. With an empty whitelist, no other users + receive notification when the node changes. The client may also use this + fact to allow the client's user to set up an out-of-office message + before it becomes active.

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See &xep0060; Section 8.2 for details on configuration the out-of-office + node's access model.

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See also &xep0223;.

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PEP and PubSub allow for publishing an item and setting configuration on + a node. A user may wish to create an initial, hidden out-of-office + setting. They may do so by publishing an item with id='archive' and an + access model of 'whitelist.' When the user enables the + out-of-office settings, a configuration changing the access model + to some other mode sends notifications as defined by PEP.

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TODO: add an example of publishing an item and setting configuration with + a single stanza i.e., find the appropriate example from &xep0060; or + &xep0163; and include it here.

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A server implementing vacation messages MUST reply to the message using the text specified in the receiving users' vacation settings if the time that message arrived from the remote users falls within data range specified, but only if the received message is to be queued for later delivery.

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Implementing servers SHOULD (if local resource contraints allow) only send one automated response to a remote user for each local user that has active vacation settings. The memory of this action MUST be reset when the active settings have expired or when the user resets or removes them.

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A server implementing out-of-office messages MUST implement + &xep0163;.

None yet defined.

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This document requires no interaction with &IANA;.

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The 'http://jabber.org/protocol/vacation' namespace shall be registered with the ®ISTRAR; as a result of this document.

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The 'urn:xmpp:ooo:0' namespace shall be registered with the ®ISTRAR; as a result of this document.

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