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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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]>
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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>Client State Indication</title>
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<abstract>This document defines a way for the client to indicate its active/inactive 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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<approver>Council</approver>
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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>NOT_YET_ASSIGNED</shortname>
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&mwild;
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<revision>
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<version>0.0.1</version>
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<date>2014-08-14</date>
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<initials>mw</initials>
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<remark><p>First draft.</p></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>It is common for IM clients to be logged in and 'online' even while the user is not interacting with the application. This
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protocol allows the client to indicate to the server when the user is not actively using the client, allowing the server to
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optimise traffic to the client accordingly. This can save bandwidth and resources on both the client and server.</p>
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</section1>
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<section1 topic='Requirements' anchor='reqs'>
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<p>The aim of this specification is to provide a simple and efficient protocol for the client to report its
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state to the server. Exactly how the server uses this information is beyond the scope of this document, although
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some examples are given.</p>
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<p>Other extensions exist, such as &xep0273;, which also aim to optimise the traffic between the client and server.
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A notable difference is that instead of being client-controlled, CSI shifts the responsibility to the server, and
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aims to just provide the server with enough information to implement various optimisations itself.</p>
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</section1>
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<section1 topic='Use Cases' anchor='usecases'>
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<section2 topic='User and client behaviour' anchor='behaviour-user'>
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<p>Juliet has an XMPP client on her phone, which is available to receive messages. However most of the time
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Juliet has her phone screen turned off and is not interested in the status of her contacts unless they are
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communicating with her.</p>
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<p>Juliet's client informs the server when Juliet is not interacting with it. The server uses this information to
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suppress or reduce stanzas that are unimportant, such as status updates.</p>
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<p>When Juliet returns to her IM client, the client again informs the server, this time to report that it is active
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again. The server then disables its traffic optimisations and restores the stream to its normal state.</p>
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</section2>
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<section2 topic="Server behaviour">
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<p>When the server knows that the user is not engaging with their client many optimisations become possible. For
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example a server could:</p>
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<ul>
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<li>Suppress presence updates until the client becomes active again. On becoming active, push the latest
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presence from each contact.</li>
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<li>Discard messages containing only &xep0085; payloads.</li>
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<li>Defer or discard unimportant PEP notifications, possibly unsubscribe from certain PEP nodes
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until the client becomes active again.</li>
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</ul>
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<p>This list is for example only, a server is not required to implement all or any of these, nor is it prevented
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from implementing other behaviour not listed here. Regardless of what optimisations a server implements, it SHOULD
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provide a way for administrators to configure them, and MAY provide such configuration to users also (e.g. through an
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ad-hoc command).</p>
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</section2>
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</section1>
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<section1 topic="Protocol" anchor="protocol">
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<section2 topic="Discovering support" anchor="discovery">
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<p>If the server supports CSI, it advertises it in the stream features after the client has authenticated:</p>
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<example caption='Server indicates support for CSI'><![CDATA[
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<stream:features>
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<bind xmlns='urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:xmpp-bind'/>
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<csi xmlns='urn:xmpp:csi'/>
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</stream:features>
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]]></example>
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</section2>
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<section2 topic="Indicating state" anchor="indication">
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<p>A stream always begins in 'active' state. If a client wishes to inform the server that it has become inactive,
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it sends an <inactive/> element in the 'urn:xmpp:csi' namespace:</p>
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<example caption='Client indicates it is inactive'><![CDATA[
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<inactive xmlns='urn:xmpp:csi'/>
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]]></example>
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<p>As might be anticipated, when the client is active again it sends an <active/> element:</p>
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<example caption='Client indicates it is active'><![CDATA[
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<active xmlns='urn:xmpp:csi'/>
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]]></example>
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<p>There is no reply from the server to either of these elements (though they may indirectly cause the server to
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send stanzas, e.g. to update presence information when the client becomes active after a period of inactivity).</p>
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</section2>
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</section1>
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<section1 topic='Business Rules' anchor='rules'>
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<p>As this protocol is for indication only, clients MUST NOT make assumptions about how the server
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will use the active/inactive state information.</p>
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<p>The server MUST assume all clients to be in the 'active' state until the client indicates otherwise. Also the
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CSI active/inactive state is unrelated to the user's presence, the server MUST treat the two independently.</p>
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<p>This protocol is intended primarily for clients with human interaction. Due to the open-ended nature of
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the possible optimisations implemented by the server, it may not be suitable for non-IM purposes where the
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fully standard behaviour of XMPP is required.</p>
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</section1>
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<section1 topic='Security Considerations' anchor='security'>
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<p>To protect the privacy of users, servers MUST NOT reveal the clients active/inactive state to other
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entities on the network.</p>
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</section1>
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<section1 topic='IANA Considerations' anchor='iana'>
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<p>This document 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>This document requires no interaction with ®ISTRAR;.</p>
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</section1>
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<section1 topic='XML Schema'>
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<code><![CDATA[
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<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
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<xs:schema
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xmlns:xs='http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema'
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targetNamespace='urn:xmpp:csi'
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xmlns='urn:xmpp:csi'
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elementFormDefault='qualified'>
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<xs:element name='csi' type='empty'/>
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<xs:element name='active' type='empty'/>
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<xs:element name='inactive' type='empty'/>
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<xs:simpleType name='empty'>
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<xs:restriction base='xs:string'>
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<xs:enumeration value=''/>
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</xs:restriction>
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</xs:simpleType>
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</xs:schema>
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]]></code>
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</section1>
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</xep>
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