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<!DOCTYPE xep SYSTEM 'xep.dtd' [
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<xep>
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<header>
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<title>Account Transfer</title>
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<abstract>A proposal for enabling the ability to transfer an account from one Jabber server to another.</abstract>
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&LEGALNOTICE;
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<number>0015</number>
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<status>Rejected</status>
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<type>Standards Track</type>
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<sig>Standards</sig>
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<dependencies>
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<spec>XMPP Core</spec>
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</dependencies>
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<supersedes/>
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<supersededby/>
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<shortname>N/A</shortname>
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<author>
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<firstname>Casey</firstname>
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<surname>Crabb</surname>
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<email>crabbkw@nafai.dyndns.org</email>
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<jid>airog@floobin.cx</jid>
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</author>
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<revision>
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<version>0.4</version>
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<date>2002-04-18</date>
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<initials>cwc</initials>
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<remark>Cleaned up the open issues and concerns section.</remark>
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</revision>
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<revision>
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<version>0.3</version>
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<date>2002-04-16</date>
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<initials>cwc</initials>
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<remark>Added more specific details to the protocol. Added more examples. Tried to make the whole document more readable.</remark>
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</revision>
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<revision>
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<version>0.2</version>
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<date>2002-02-26</date>
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<initials>cwc</initials>
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<remark>Setting scope, adding discussion about using jabber:iq:browse in the future for transports</remark>
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</revision>
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<revision>
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<version>0.1</version>
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<date>2002-01-24</date>
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<initials>cwc</initials>
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<remark>Added more pseudo-protocol information. Added a known issues section.</remark>
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</revision>
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<revision>
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<version>1.0</version>
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<date>2002-01-16</date>
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<initials>psa</initials>
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<remark>First release to CVS, including editorial changes and assignment of number.</remark>
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</revision>
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<revision>
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<version>0.9</version>
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<date>2001-12-04</date>
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<initials>cwc</initials>
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<remark>Initial version.</remark>
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</revision>
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</header>
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<section1 topic='Introduction'>
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<p>I have found the need in the past to migrate an account from
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one server to another for various reasons. Many of the people who
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ask me about Jabber ask if there is a way to migrate their account
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from one server to another if the need arises. There is no reason
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Jabber can not handle this internally and update all the
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JID-references appropriately.</p>
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<p>Jabber servers come and go, especially ones run by people who
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are just playing with the technology. Computers also die and
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funding runs out. It can be hard on users to have to re-create
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their rosters every time they have to change to a different
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server. Administrators also want to provide an 'out' for their
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users, so that they feel more secure in the time spent setting up
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rosters. For these reasons there should be a way to migrate an
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account from one server to another. </p>
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</section1>
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<section1 topic='Main Body'>
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<p>A basic overview of the behavior would be as follows.</p>
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<section2 topic='Preconditions'>
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<ul>
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<li>Bob has a jabber account on a server, floobin.cx
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specifically: olduser@floobin.cx.</li>
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<li>Bob knows that the floobin.cx server is going to go down soon
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and therefore needs to find a new jabber server.</li>
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<li>He realizes that jabber.org offers accounts to anyone, so he
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sets out to migrate his account to jabber.org.</li>
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<li>Bob does not yet have an account on jabber.org.</li>
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</ul>
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</section2>
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<section2 topic='Order of events'>
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<p>Throughout most of the account transfer the server hosting
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the old account will be acting for the user. The end client
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should have very little to do with the actual transfer.</p>
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<ol>
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<li>Bob creates an account on Jabber.org:
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bobsnewaccount@jabber.org.</li>
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<li>Bob logs into both bobsnewaccount@jabber.org and
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olduser@floobin.cx.</li>
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<li>From olduser@floobin.cx he sends the 'I want to migrate my
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account' packet to Floobin.cx. This packet includes the JID
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to migrate to.</li>
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<li>Floobin.cx sends the 'user wants to migrate account to
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you' packet to bobsnewaccount@jabber.org. This packet contains
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the JID of the old account.</li>
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<li>bobsnewsaccount@jabber.org receives the 'user wants to
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migrate account to you' packet and authorizes the
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transfer.</li>
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<li>Once the migration is authorized the floobin.cx server
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will start the migration process. The first part is to
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notify each person subscribed to olduser@floobin.cx's
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presence that the account has moved to
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bobsnewaccount@jabber.org.</li>
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<li>Once that is complete the roster itself
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must be added into bobsnewaccount@jabber.cx's roster. There are
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many issues with that remain and should be dealt with in the
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future. See the section on scope for more information.</li>
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<li>finally floobin.cx informs olduser@floobin.cx that the
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transfer was completed.</li>
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</ol>
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</section2>
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<section2 topic='Protocol Example'>
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<example caption="User initiates process">
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<iq id='initacctxfer' to='floobin.cx' from='airog@floobin.cx' type='ask'>
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<query xmlns='jabber:iq:accountxfer'>
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<oldaccount>airog@jabber.org</oldaccount>
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<newaccount>newaccount@jabber.org</newaccount>
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</query>
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</iq>
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</example>
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<example caption='Server asks for permission from newaccount@jabber.org'>
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<iq id='acctxfer1' type='ask' from='floobin.cx' to='newaccount@jabber.org'>
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<query xmlns='jabber:iq:accountxfer'>
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<oldaccount>airog@jabber.org</oldaccount>
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</query>
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</iq>
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</example>
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<example caption="XML received at user's new account">
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<iq id='acctxfer1' type='ask' from='floobin.cx' to='newaccount@jabber.org'>
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<query xmlns='jabber:iq:accountxfer'>
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<oldaccount>airog@jabber.org</oldaccount>
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</query>
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</iq>
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</example>
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<example caption="newaccount@jabber.org accepts the migration">
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<iq id='acctxfer1' type='result' to='floobin.cx' from='newaccount@jabber.org'>
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<query xmlns='jabber:iq:accountxfer'>
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<allowed/>
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</query>
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</iq>
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</example>
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<p>On acceptance the server on which the old account resides
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starts the migration process by sending this to each person
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subscribed to the user's presence.</p>
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<example caption="XML sent to each JID subscribed to airog@floobin.cx's presence">
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<iq id='acctxferss1' type='set' from='floobin.cx' to='jabber.org'>
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<query xmlns='jabber:iq:accountxfer'>
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<oldaccount>airog@jabber.org</oldaccount>
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<newaccount>newaccount@jabber.org</newaccount>
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<rosteritem jid='frienduser@jabber.org'/>
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</query>
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</iq>
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</example>
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<example caption="The server hosting the account of the roster item responds">
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<iq id='acctxferss1' type='result' to='floobin.cx' from='jabber.org'/>
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</example>
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<p>Once that update has been sent to all the contacts on the
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roster the floobin.cx server sends to the jabber.org server airog@floobin.cx's roster as follows:</p>
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<example caption="airog@floobin.cx's roster is transferred into newuser@jabber.org's roster">
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<iq type='set' id='acctxferss2' from='floobin.cx' to='jabber.org'>
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<query xmlns='jabber:iq:accountxfer'>
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<oldaccount>airog@jabber.org</oldaccount>
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<newaccount>newaccount@jabber.org</newaccount>
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<item jid='frienduser@jabber.org' name='friend1' subscription='both'/>
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<item jid='annoyuser@jabber.org' ask='subscribe'/>
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<item jid='someone@jabber.org' subscription='from'/>
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</query>
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</iq>
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</example>
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<example caption="floobin.cx responds saying the roster transfer was successful">
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<iq type='result' id='acctxferss2' to='floobin.cx' from='jabber.org'/>
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</example>
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<p>Once the migration finishes a notification is sent to the user:</p>
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<example caption="Process completed">
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<iq id='initacctxfer' from='floobin.cx' to='airog@floobin.cx' type='result'/>
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</example>
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</section2>
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</section1>
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<section1 topic='Open Issues, Concerns and Scoping'>
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<section2 topic='How do we handle transferring transport stuff?'>
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<p>Because we cannot determine easily if the new server will
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support the same transports as the old server we cannot
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easily transfer entities that pass through the
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transport. Therefore, until jabber:iq:browse matures, or
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some other solution for determining if two transports
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support the same functionality we should not attempt to
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migrate transport information.</p>
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<p>I propose the following algorithm for determining if a
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particular roster item is a sub-item of a transport. There are
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jabber roster items for each of the transports themselves,
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something to the effect of icq.jabber.org or
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aim.jabber.org. They contain no user portion of the jid. We
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record all of these in a list that we will call the
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'transport-list'. Then for each roster item we want to migrate
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we compare its 'host' part of the jid to all items in the
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'transport-list'. If the roster item matches, then the roster
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item is a hosted through the transport and shouldn't be
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migrated.</p>
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</section2>
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<section2 topic='Empty Pointer Accounts'>
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<p>Does the server keep an empty account that redirects requests
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to the new account? I've been hearing mass rumblings of 'NO'
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here.</p>
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</section2>
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<section2 topic='vCards and private storage data'>
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<p>How do we handle vCard information or server side stored
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preferences? Since the account we're migrating to can be any
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account some of that information might already be there, how do
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we resolve conflicts?</p>
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<p>Also, we cannot be sure that the new server supports
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storage of private data. This again needs some sort of
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features negotiation, discovery which could be provided by
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jabber:iq:browse.</p>
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<p> Until jabber:iq:browse is in the 'standards' stage, I
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recommend we only transfer regular jabber users, and not
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transfer anything but the roster. All the client software will
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have to set their preferences for themselves on the new
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server.</p>
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</section2>
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</section1>
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</xep>
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