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<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
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<!DOCTYPE xep SYSTEM 'xep.dtd' [
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<!ENTITY % ents SYSTEM 'xep.ent'>
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%ents;
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<!ENTITY ns "urn:xmpp:inbox:0">
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<!ENTITY nsx "urn:example:">
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]>
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<?xml-stylesheet type='text/xsl' href='xep.xsl'?>
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<xep>
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<header>
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<title>Inbox</title>
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<abstract>This specification proposes a mechanism by which clients can find a list of ongoing conversations and their state.</abstract>
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&LEGALNOTICE;
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<number>XXXX</number>
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<status>ProtoXEP</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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<spec>XEP-0313</spec>
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</dependencies>
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<supersedes/>
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<supersededby/>
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<shortname>inbox</shortname>
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&dcridland;
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<revision>
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<version>0.0.1</version>
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<date>2019-12-30</date>
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<initials>dwd</initials>
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<remark>
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<ul>
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<li>Initial Revision</li>
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</ul>
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</remark>
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</revision>
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</header>
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<section1 topic='Introduction' anchor='intro'>
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<p>When initially run, a messaging client typically shows some list of contacts and chatrooms, and whether any new
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messages are present in each.</p>
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<p>The current mechanism for achieving this UX involves a complete synchronization of the server-side archive, and is both
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time-consuming and bandwidth-intensive. This specification proposes a solution to directly obtain such data from
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the server.</p>
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<p>Moreover, the information gathered by the server to support this can be used in support of mobile push notifications.</p>
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<section2 topic="Terminology">
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<p>Nomenclature used for instant messages versus ancillary messages will need to be adjusted to make it consistent
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with &xep0422; et al.</p>
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</section2>
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</section1>
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<section1 topic='Overview' anchor="overview">
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<section2 topic="Discovering Support" anchor="feature">
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<p>Support for this protocol is advertised by the Service Discovery protocol defined in &xep0030; using a feature
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of <tt>&ns;</tt>.</p>
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</section2>
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<section2 topic="The Inbox">
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<p>The Inbox consists semantically of a list of conversations in order of last activity. Each conversation is
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identified by a jid - for group chats this would be the chatroom, and for individual contacts this would be their
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bare jid.</p>
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<p>Each Inbox entry includes a count of messages considered new, the last MAM stanza-id relating to this conversation,
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and the last MAM result for this conversation, as defined by &xep0313;. In addition, a client-controlled boolean
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marker can be used to indicate a manual "set unread" state.</p>
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<p>Finding more messages from this conversation can be achieved via a MAM query using <tt>with</tt> to specify the
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conversation required.</p>
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</section2>
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</section1>
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<section1 topic="Protocol Elements">
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<section2 topic="Querying">
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<p>An &IQ; of type "get" is used, containing a single element <tt><inbox/></tt>, containing an optional RSM
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filter as specified by &xep0059;. This will typically be sent only to the user's own bare jid. The server
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responds with a sequence of &MESSAGE; stanzas, each containing an <tt><entry/></tt> element qualified by the
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<tt>&ns;</tt> namespace with a number of attributes:</p>
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<ul>
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<li><tt>jid</tt> - contains the Jid of the conversation for this entry.</li>
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<li><tt>unread</tt> - contains a count of messages which are deemed to be unread by the server.</li>
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<li><tt>marked</tt> - a boolean indicating that a client has explicitly marked the conversation for some reason.</li>
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</ul>
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<p>The <tt><entry/></tt> element contains the latest instant message, if any, which is encapsulated as a
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<tt><result/></tt> element as defined by &xep0313;. This contains collated fastenings if supported by the
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server.</p>
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<p>After all entries required have been returned, the server then responds with an &IQ; result containing a
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<tt><fin/></tt> element qualified by <tt>&ns;</tt>. This contains the RSM data, a total count of conversation
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entries within the inbox, a count of conversations with unread messages, and a total count of unread messages.</p>
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<p>Any counter of unread SHOULD be accurate, however client implementors please note that due to heuristics
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involved and other issues these counters can be inaccurate at times.</p>
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</section2>
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<section2 topic="Marking">
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<p>A client MAY at any time set a conversation as marked by sending an &IQ; of type "set" containing something or
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other. This causes the server to set the "marked" flag on a conversation. A client SHOULD display a marked
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conversation in the same way as an unread conversation, and explicitly removed the marked flag when the
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conversation is considered re-read.</p>
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<p>Removing a marked flag, even when the conversation is not currently marked, causes the unread counter for that
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conversation to be set to zero.</p>
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</section2>
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</section1>
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<section1 topic="Unread Messages">
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<p>Servers MUST track which instant messages sent to clients remain unread.</p>
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<ul>
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<li>An instant message is always read if it is followed by an instant message which is read.</li>
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<li>An instant message always starts unread.</li>
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<li>A Chat Marker (see &xep0333;) of "displayed" or "acknowledged" causes the message to be read (and also causes
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all prior messages to be read by implication).</li>
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<li>A Message Receipt (see &xep0184;) does not cause messages to be considered unread. Perhaps it should?</li>
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<li>Unmarking a conversation always sets the unread counter to zero, and by implication sets all messages to be
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read.</li>
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</ul>
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</section1>
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<section1 topic="Examples">
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<p>Let us assume a user has only two contacts they have exchanges messages with, and a single chatroom. Asking for their inbox is simple:</p>
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<example><![CDATA[
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<iq type='get' id='iq_stanza_id'>
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<inbox xmlns=']]>&ns;<![CDATA['/>
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</iq>
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]]></example>
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<p>The server responds with a list of conversations:</p>
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<example><![CDATA[
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<message>
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<entry xmlns=']]>&ns;<![CDATA[' unread='2' marked='false' jid='first_contact@example.net'>
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<result xmlns='urn:xmpp:mam:2' queryid='iq_stanza_id' id='uuid-1'>
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<forwarded xmlns='urn:xmpp:forward:0'>
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<message xmlns='jabber:client' from='first_contact@example.net' to='user@example.org' type='chat'>
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<body>Greetings from Alpha Centauri!</body>
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</message>
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</forwarded>
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</result>
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</entry>
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</message>
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]]></example>
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<p>After the list of messages, the server completes its response with a the reply to the original IQ.</p>
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<example><![CDATA[
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<iq type='result' id='iq_stanza_id'>
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<fin xmlns=']]>&ns;<![CDATA[' total='3' unread='1' all-unread='2'>
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<!-- RSM -->
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</fin>
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]]></example>
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</section1>
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<section1 topic="Schema">
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<p>TODO - Hopefully roughly given by the examples.</p>
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</section1>
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<section1 topic='Security Considerations' anchor='security'>
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<p>TODO</p>
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</section1>
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<section1 topic='IANA Considerations' anchor='iana'>
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<p>This XEP requires no interaction with &IANA;. </p>
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</section1>
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<section1 topic='XMPP Registrar Considerations' anchor='registrar'>
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<p>None.</p>
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</section1>
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<section1 topic='Acknowledgements' anchor='ack'>
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<p>The author notes that this protocol is heavily based on the <tt>mod_inbox</tt> system of MongooseIM. In addition, Kevin Smith provided useful feedback which has shaped this specification.</p>
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</section1>
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</xep>
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