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<xep>
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<header>
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<title>Statistics Gathering</title>
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<abstract>A protocol to enable gathering statistics from Jabber servers and components.</abstract>
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&LEGALNOTICE;
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<number>0039</number>
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<status>Deferred</status>
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<type>Standards Track</type>
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<sig>Standards</sig>
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<dependencies><spec>XEP-0053</spec></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>Paul</firstname>
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<surname>Curtis</surname>
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<email>pcurtis@terrapin.com</email>
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<jid>pcurtis@www.terrapin.com</jid>
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</author>
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<author>
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<firstname>Russell</firstname>
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<surname>Davis</surname>
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<email>ukscone@burninghorse.com</email>
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<jid>ukscone@burninghorse.com</jid>
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</author>
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<author>
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<firstname>Ryan</firstname>
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<surname>Eatmon</surname>
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<email>reatmon@jabber.org</email>
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<jid>reatmon@jabber.org</jid>
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</author>
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<author>
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<firstname>David</firstname>
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<surname>Sutton</surname>
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<email>dsutton@legend.co.uk</email>
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<jid>peregrine@legend.net.uk</jid>
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</author>
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<revision>
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<version>0.6.0</version>
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<date>2002-11-05</date>
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<initials>rkd</initials>
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<remark>
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Corrected David Sutton's JID and email.
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It has been pointed out to me by amoungst others Rob Norris that things
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such as lists of JIDs and lists in general are really the province of
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disco and browse and that at least one of the suggested 'core'
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statistics doesn't make sense for all components so removed these from
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the document.
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This namespace was starting to become a generic data gathering namespace
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and we already have one of those, so I've reworked yet again hopefully
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for the final time it should now be simpler to implement and more
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consistent in all cases.
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</remark>
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</revision>
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<revision>
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<version>0.5.0</version>
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<date>2002-11-03</date>
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<initials>rkd</initials>
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<remark>Heavily modified document according to suggestions from Matt Miller (linuxwolf). rkd had some additional thoughts on the name attribute, this version reflects those. Reorganized the description section.</remark>
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</revision>
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<revision>
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<version>0.4.2</version>
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<date>2002-10-25</date>
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<initials>rkd</initials>
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<remark>Changed rkd's email address and jid. Modified namespace to use http uri.</remark>
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</revision>
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<revision>
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<version>0.4.1</version>
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<date>2002-08-20</date>
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<initials>rkd</initials>
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<remark>Corrected error codes</remark>
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</revision>
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<revision>
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<version>0.4</version>
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<date>2002-08-18</date>
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<initials>rkd</initials>
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<remark>Fixed two silly typos that crept back in. Rewrote SNMP
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to read better. Added the DTD</remark>
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</revision>
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<revision>
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<version>0.3</version>
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<date>2002-08-16</date>
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<initials>rkd</initials>
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<remark>Added <display/> so a server or component may
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optionally return data in a human readable format. It is nothing
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more than a bit of visual fluff but it has potential to be quite
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useful. Renumbered the revisions to allow room for stpeter's new
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document numbering scheme, sorry if it is now confusing but I hadn't
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left much room to grow with the previous revision numbering. A
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little more prettying and judicious use of punctuation has occurred.</remark>
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</revision>
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<revision>
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<version>0.2.2</version>
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<date>2002-08-15</date>
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<initials>rkd</initials>
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<remark>Fixed some typos and generally prettied up</remark>
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</revision>
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<revision>
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<version>0.2.1</version>
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<date>2002-08-14</date>
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<initials>rkd</initials>
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<remark>I seem to have misunderstood one of Ryan Eatmon's
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suggestions and didn't make this generic enough. I have
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fixed that now. Clarified error codes and reworked how errors
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are indicated to work with the new generic
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namespace. Rearranged the order of the sections a bit make this
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document a more linear read.</remark>
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</revision>
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<revision>
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<version>0.2</version>
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<date>2002-08-13</date>
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<initials>rkd</initials>
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<remark>Complete reworking to take into account suggestions made
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by Ryan Eatmon and others. Ryan Eatmon added to list of authors to
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reflect his significant contribution to the current form of this
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document. I have also received a few comments that this document
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previously read like an IETF document. Whether that was a good or
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bad thing I was unable to ascertain but I've tried to lighten the
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tone a little.</remark>
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</revision>
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<revision>
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<version>0.1.5</version>
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<date>2002-07-23</date>
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<initials>rkd</initials>
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<remark>Changed data returned by <who/> as per comments by
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psa</remark>
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</revision>
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<revision>
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<version>0.1.4</version>
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<date>2002-07-23</date>
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<initials>rkd</initials>
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<remark>Converted to XML format.</remark>
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</revision>
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<revision>
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<version>0.1.3</version>
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<date>2002-07-23</date>
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<initials>rkd</initials>
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<remark>A numeric values unit type is now returned using an attribute
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"units" rather than specifying that it be returned in the smallest
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sensible unit type to produce an unsigned integer.</remark>
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</revision>
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<revision>
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<version>0.1.2</version>
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<date>2002-07-23</date>
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<initials>rkd</initials>
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<remark>Justify inclusion of the 501 (Not Implemented) error code
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as per comments by Zion</remark>
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</revision>
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<revision>
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<version>0.1.1</version>
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<date>2002-07-22</date>
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<initials>rkd</initials>
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<remark>Fixed some typos</remark>
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</revision>
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<revision>
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<version>0.1</version>
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<date>2002-07-21</date>
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<initials>rkd</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>As things currently stand it is not possible to obtain statistics
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from a jabber component or server without resorting to parsing the
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various log files. This makes it extremely difficult to obtain statistics
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that are of any use in real world situations. This document attempts to
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rectify this situation by defining a new namespace that would be used
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to obtain statistics from a component or server so that they may be
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manipulated and used in a useful manner. For the purposes of this namespace
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a statistic is anything that maybe expressed in a numeric form, such as the
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uptime of a server, the <strong>number</strong> of registered users and the
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number of packets sent. Things such as a list of currently online users or
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a list of registered users are beyond the scope of this namespace and
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properly belong within browse or disco.</p>
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</section1>
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<section1 topic='Description'>
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<section2 topic='Namespace'>
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<p>This is a pretty simple namespace. It consists of a <stat/> tag with
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three attributes. name, units and value.</p>
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<code>
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<query xmlns='http://jabber.org/protocol/stats'>
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<stat name='' units='' value=''/>
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</query>
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</code>
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<p> There is one variation in the case of an error invalidating one or
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more errors in a single returned query that does not actually
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invalidate the whole query.</p>
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<code>
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<query xmlns='http://jabber.org/protocol/stats'>
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<stat name=''><error code=''>...</error></stat>
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</query>
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</code>
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</section2>
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<section2 topic='Name Attribute'>
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<p>The name of the statistic. The format for this attribute is the
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generic statistic type such as bandwidth, users, time etc. followed by
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a '/' character and then then the name of the actual statistic. For
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example bandwidth/packets-in, time/uptime and users/online. This will
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be assigned and administered by JANA<note>See Name Registration</note>.</p>
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</section2>
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<section2 topic='Units Attribute'>
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<p>This is the units type of the statistic. As with the name attribute it
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will be assigned and administered by JANA<note>See Name
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Registration</note>It is suggested that JANA use where appropriate
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commonly accepted international standards when assigning unit types
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i.e. seconds, grams, meters, bytes etc.</p>
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</section2>
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<section2 topic='Value Attribute'>
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<p>This is the actual returned value of the queried statistic. The value returned is in
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multiples of the unit described by the units attribute.</p>
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</section2>
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<section2 topic="Query">
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<p>To query a component or server a client sends an iq packet of
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the type 'get' to the component or server. The component or
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server responds with the <em>list</em> of statistics that it supports.</p>
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<example>
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send: <iq type='get' to='component'>
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<query xmlns='http://jabber.org/protocol/stats'/>
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</iq>
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recv: <iq type='result' from='component'>
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<query xmlns='http://jabber.org/protocol/stats'>
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<stat name='time/uptime'/>
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<stat name='users/online'/>
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.
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.
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.
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<stat name='bandwidth/packets-in'/>
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<stat name='bandwidth/packets-out'/>
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</query>
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</iq>
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</example>
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<p>Once a client knows which statistics a component or server
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supports it may now request the actual statistics by sending an iq
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packet of the type 'get' containing a request for the specific
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statistics and sending that to the component or server.</p>
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<example>
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send: <iq type='get' to='component'>
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<query xmlns='http://jabber.org/protocol/stats'>
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<stat name='time/uptime'/>
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<stat name='users/online'/>
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<stat name='bandwidth/packets-in'/>
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<stat name='bandwidth/packets-out'/>
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</query>
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</iq>
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recv: <iq type='result' from='component'>
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<query xmlns='http://jabber.org/protocol/stats'>
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<stat name='time/uptime' units='seconds' value='3054635'/>
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<stat name='users/online' units='users' value='365'/>
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<stat name='bandwidth/packets-in' units='packets' value='23434'/>
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<stat name='bandwidth/packets-out' units='packets' value='23422'/>
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</query>
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</iq>
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</example>
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</section2>
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<section2 topic='Errors'>
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<p>If an error occurs with one or more of the requests for
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statistics the component or server should return one of the
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following error codes.</p>
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<table caption='Error Codes'>
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<tr><th>Code</th><th>String</th><th>Reason</th></tr>
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<tr><td>401</td><td>Unauthorized</td><td>Querying JID is not
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authorized to perform that query</td></tr>
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<tr><td>404</td><td>Not Found</td><td>The statistic was not
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found for some reason</td></tr>
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<tr><td>501</td><td>Not Implemented</td><td>Although statistic
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is advertised as available it has not been implemented</td></tr>
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<tr><td>503</td><td>Service Unavailable</td><td>Statistic is
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temporarily unavailable</td></tr>
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</table>
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<p>Because we wish to be able to collect groups of statistics
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within a single returned packet errors must be handled in a two
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tier way with authorization and core errors that would render
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<strong>all</strong> the statistics meaningless being indicated
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with a type='error' in the returned packet.</p>
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<example>
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<iq type='error' from='component'>
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<query xmlns='http://jabber.org/protocol/stats'>
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<error code='401'>Not Authorized</error>
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</query>
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</iq>
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</example>
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<p>Errors in a query that only invalidate one or more of the
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requested statistics are indicated with an </error> tag
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embedded inside the </stat> tag.
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</p>
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<example>
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<iq type='result' from='component'>
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<query xmlns='http://jabber.org/protocol/stats'>
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<stat name='time/uptime units='seconds' value='4534'/>
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<stat name='bandwidth/packets-in'><error code='503'>Service Unavailable</error></stat>
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<stat name='bandwidth/packets-out'><error code='503'>Service Unavailable</error></stat>
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</query>
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</iq>
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</example>
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</section2>
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</section1>
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<section1 topic='Implementation'>
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<section2 topic='Name Registration'>
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<p>All statistic names, returned data units types and other
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pertinent statistic information will be assigned and registered with
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the Jabber Naming Authority in the category <em><strong>stat</strong></em>
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Unfortunately at this time such a body does not exist so we will
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have to rely on component and server authors diligently
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researching to ensure that their desired name is not already
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in use and that they adequately document the returned units
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type and anything else that would normally be registered.
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Hopefully by the time this document is formally adopted
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a central naming authority for the Jabber protocol will be in
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place and functional and authors will be then able to register
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their names.
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</p>
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<table caption='how to document your statistic'>
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<tr>
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<th>Stat</th><th>Description</th><th>Returned Units</th>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td>registered name</td><td>description of
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statistic/reason</td><td>unit type returned by
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query</td>
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</tr>
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</table>
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</section2>
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<section2 topic='Core Statistics'>
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<p>
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Although components and servers are free to support whichever statistics they
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feel are justified for their particular component or server it is
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suggested that the following set of three core statistics are
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implemented by all components and servers.</p>
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<ul>
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<li><stat name='time/uptime'/></li>
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<li><stat name='bandwidth/packets-in'/></li>
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<li><stat name='bandwidth/packets-out'/></li>
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</ul>
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<table caption='core statistic registration information'>
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<tr>
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<th>Stat</th><th>Description</th><th>Returned Units</th>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td>time/uptime</td><td>uptime of component or
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server</td><td>Seconds</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td>bandwidth/packets-in</td><td>packets received by component or server</td><td>packets</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td>bandwidth/packets-out</td><td>packets transmitted by component or server</td><td>packets</td>
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</tr>
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</table>
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</section2>
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<section2 topic='Human readable labels'>
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<p>For several reasons the
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<strong>http://jabber.org/protocol/stats</strong> namespace does not
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support human readable labels for the returned values. Generally the
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application querying the statistic should already know what the
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statistic is and in what units the value is returned. However if the
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application really wants some form of human readable label for the
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returned value although not an optimal solution or even recommended by
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the authors of this document it should be safe for
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it to convert the value of the units attribute into a string and use
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that as a label for the returned statistic value.</p>
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</section2>
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<section2 topic='Namespace query authorization'>
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<p>In most cases the <strong>http://jabber.org/protocol/stats</strong> would be tied to the component or
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servers admin JID so that only that JID may query the statistics
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however there are advantages to having a three tier system where
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some statistics are available to all JIDs, some to an arbitrary
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JID listed in the configuration file and all available to the
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listed admin JID. As the first case can be emulated by the
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second I propose that when implemented the <strong>http://jabber.org/protocol/stats</strong>
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namespace is configured to use the three tier method of
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authorizing queries.</p>
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</section2>
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<section2 topic='SNMP'>
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<p>Supporting industry accepted standards and procedures
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<note>For more details on <link url='http://www.snmplink.org'>SNMP</link>
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and <link url='http://www.dmtf.org'>CIM</link></note> within
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the Jabber protocol is highly desirable as long as it does not
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restrict the flexibility or functionality of Jabber. So while
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the <strong>http://jabber.org/protocol/stats</strong> namespace seems to fall within the domain of
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the SNMP and CIM standards amongst others and large jabber
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installations would find direct support an appealing prospect
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when tying jabber into their existing network information and
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management systems the jabber:iq:namespace will not do this.
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Because Jabber is an XML based protocol, conversion of
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the returned data to other formats including those required
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for SNMP, CIM etc. should be relatively simple. Not supporting
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industry standards is not without advantages. By leaving the
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<strong>http://jabber.org/protocol/stats</strong> as a <em>pure</em> jabber namespace we allow
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ourselves to obtain not only commonly used statistics but also
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some unusual ones as well. For example imagine a jabber enabled
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vending machine, by remaining free of the encumberence and
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limitations of SNMP etc. we can directly (if allowed by the
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controlling component) query the fluid ounces dispensed, most
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popular beverage and the amount of money that has been collected.
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Finally although it is unlikely to occur by staying true to our
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roots and avoiding direct SNMP support we avoid any possibility
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of conflict with other network management agents such as net(ucd)-snmp.
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</p>
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</section2>
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</section1>
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<section1 topic='Realworld Examples'>
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<p>TBD</p>
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</section1>
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<section1 topic='DTD'>
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<section2 topic='DTD in English'>
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<p>TBD</p>
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</section2>
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<section2 topic='DTD'>
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<p>TBD</p>
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</section2>
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</section1>
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</xep>
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