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<xep>
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<header>
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<title>Out-of-Office Messages</title>
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<abstract>This document defines an XMPP protocol extension for communicating out-of-office status.</abstract>
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&LEGALNOTICE;
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<number>0109</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>XEP-0060, XEP-0163</dependencies>
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<supersedes>None</supersedes>
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<supersededby>None</supersededby>
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<shortname>ooo</shortname>
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<author>
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<firstname>Darrell</firstname>
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<surname>Piner</surname>
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<email>dpiner@cisco.com</email>
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<jid>dpiner@cisco.com</jid>
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</author>
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<author>
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<firstname>Robert</firstname>
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<surname>Norris</surname>
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<email>rob@cataclysm.cx</email>
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<jid>rob@cataclysm.cx</jid>
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</author>
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<revision>
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<version>0.3</version>
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<date>2010-05-24</date>
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<initials>rdp</initials>
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<remark>Modified specification to use PEP instead of a dedicated protocol; streamlined use cases; changed namespace to urn:xmpp:ooo:0.</remark>
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</revision>
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<revision>
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<version>0.2</version>
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<date>2003-08-12</date>
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<initials>rn</initials>
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<remark>Added use cases for removing vacation settings; described semantics when start and end times are not specified; changed document type to Informational; small editorial changes.</remark>
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</revision>
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<revision>
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<version>0.1</version>
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<date>2003-07-28</date>
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<initials>rn</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>Popular electronic mail systems include features allowing users to set up
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automated messages that are returned to message senders when the user is not
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able to deal with the message immediately. This feature is commonly known as
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"out-of-office" or "vacation" messages, because it is most commonly used when
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a user is unable to read their messages because they are out of the office
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(e.g., on vacation).</p>
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<p>This document describes a similar system that enables XMPP users to setup
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out-of-office messages when they are away.</p>
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<p>The basis for the e-mail system mechanism is considering an incoming
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message at the server level and determining whether to respond with a canned
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out-of-office message. While a system may send a response for each incoming
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message, many systems provide an optimization where a response to subsequent
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e-mail messages is sent after some period of time expires.</p>
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</section1>
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<section1 topic='Requirements'>
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<p>The requirements for this feature are fairly straightforward. A user MUST be able to:</p>
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<ul>
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<li>Retrieve their current out-of-office settings.</li>
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<li>Set new out-of-office settings.</li>
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<li>Remove out-of-office settings.</li>
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<li>Notify interested parties of the out-of-office settings when it
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is in effect.</li>
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</ul>
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<p>All these requirements are satisfied by &xep0163;, which is a subset of &xep0060;.</p>
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</section1>
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<section1 topic='Format'>
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<p>The out-of-office setting contains a start-time, an end-time and a
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short message text.</p>
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<example caption="Sample Out-of-Office message"><![CDATA[
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<start>2003-07-06T10:30:00+10:00</start>
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<end>2003-07-13T08:00:00+10:00</end>
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<message>I'm attending OSCON in sunny Portland and won't be able to
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read your message until I get back. If its urgent, please
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send email to rob@cataclysm.cx.</message>
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]]></example>
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<p>The start and end times are informational only; i.e., the server does
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nothing with these values other than store them. PEP does not include node
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lifetime management (i.e., start and end times for the node); therefore, the server is unable
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to enforce any start and end times included in the settings.</p>
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<p>Using the PEP mechanism a client creates
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out-of-office settings on a PEP node with the desired access model (such as Presence or Open). When
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a user (or their client) sends presence containing CAPS (see &xep0115;) with an
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entry for out-of-office to a contact with an out-of-office message, the user's
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client is notified of the out-of-office message and may display, in a client-defined
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fashion, the out-of-office settings information.</p>
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<p>Clients may rely on the PEP node for notifications of changes as well as
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automatic notification when the user logs-in (i.e., a user is notified of the
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current item on the out-of-office PEP node of another user on sending initial
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presence).</p>
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</section1>
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<section1 topic='Use cases'>
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<section2 topic='Retrieving the current out-of-office settings'>
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<p>A user may request their current out-of-office message by sending an IQ get to the local server like so:</p>
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<example caption='Retrieving the current out-of-office settings'><![CDATA[
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<iq type='get'
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from='user@example.com'
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to='example.com'
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id='get1'>
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<pubsub xmlns='http://jabber.org/protocol/pubsub'>
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<items node='urn:xmpp:ooo:0'/>
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</pubsub>
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</iq>
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]]></example>
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<example caption='Server returns out-of-office settings'><![CDATA[
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<iq type='result'
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from='example.com'
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id='get1'>
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<pubsub xmlns='http://jabber.org/protocol/pubsub>
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<items node='urn:xmpp:ooo:0>
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<item id='current'>
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<ooo xmlns='urn:xmpp:ooo:0'>
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<start>2003-07-06T10:30:00+10:00</start>
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<end>2003-07-13T08:00:00+10:00</end>
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<message>I'm attending OSCON in sunny Portland and won't be able to
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read your message until I get back. If its urgent, please
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send email to rob@cataclysm.cx.</message>
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</ooo>
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</item>
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</items>
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</pubsub>
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</iq>
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]]></example>
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<p>The <start/> and <end/> elements define the times between which this vacation
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message should be considered valid by a supporting client; the times are in
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the format specified by &xep0082;.</p>
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<p>The <message/> element contains the text of the message which the client may
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display for the user (when appropriate).</p>
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<p>If the user has no stored vacation message, the user will receive a
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result like the following:</p>
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<example caption='User does not have any out-of-office settings'><![CDATA[
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<iq type='result' id='get1'/>
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]]></example>
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</section2>
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<section2 topic='Publishing new out-of-office settings'>
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<p>A user may set new vacation message by publishing a new item with an id
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of 'current' to the out-of-office node:</p>
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<example caption='Publishing new out-of-office settings'><![CDATA[
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<iq type='set'
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from='user@example.com/client'
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to='example.com'
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id='publish1'>
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<pubsub xmlns='http://jabber.org/protocol/pubsub'>
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<publish node='urn:xmpp:ooo:0'>
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<item id='current'>
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<ooo xmlns='urn:xmpp:ooo:0'>
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<start>2003-07-06T10:30:00+10:00</start>
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<end>2003-07-13T08:00:00+10:00</end>
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<message>I'm attending OSCON in sunny Portland and won't be able to
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read your message until I get back. If its urgent, please
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send email to rob@cataclysm.cx.</message>
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</ooo>
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</item>
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</publish>
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</pubsub>
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</iq>
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]]></example>
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<example caption='Out-of-office settings published successfully'><![CDATA[
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<iq type='result'
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from='example.com'
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to='user@example.com/client'
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id='publish1'>
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<pubsub xmlns='http://jabber.org/protocol/pubsub'>
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<publish node='urn:xmpp:ooo:0'>
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<item id='current'>
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<ooo xmlns='urn:xmpp:ooo:0'>
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<start>2003-07-06T10:30:00+10:00</start>
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<end>2003-07-13T08:00:00+10:00</end>
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<message>I'm attending OSCON in sunny Portland and won't be able to
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read your message until I get back. If its urgent, please
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send email to rob@cataclysm.cx.</message>
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</ooo>
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</item>
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</publish>
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</pubsub>
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</iq>
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]]></example>
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<p>And by design, PEP sends a notification to all the user's resources.</p>
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<example caption="PEP node notification sent to user"><![CDATA[
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<message from='user@example.com'
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id='notification_1781477179'
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to='user@example.com/client' type='headline'>
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<event xmlns='http://jabber.org/protocol/pubsub#event'>
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<items node='urn:xmpp:ooo:0'>
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<item id='current'>
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<ooo xmlns='urn:xmpp:ooo:0'>
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<start>2003-07-06T10:30:00+10:00</start>
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<end>2003-07-13T08:00:00+10:00</end>
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<message>I'm attending OSCON in sunny Portland and won't be able to
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read your message until I get back. If its urgent, please
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send email to rob@cataclysm.cx.</message>
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</ooo>
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</item>
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</items>
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</event>
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</message>
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]]></example>
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<p>The meaning of each element is as outlined above. All elements are required.</p>
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<p>Additionally, the <start/> and <end/> elements MAY be empty (i.e.,
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have no CDATA). When <start/> is empty, the client MUST take this to mean
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that the settings should take effect immediately. Similarly, when <end/>
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is empty, the client MUST take this to mean that the settings should never
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expire (unless they are explicitly removed).</p>
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</section2>
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<section2 topic='Removing out-of-office settings'>
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<p>A user may remove all stored vacation settings by sending an IQ to the local server like so:</p>
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<example caption='Remove vacation settings'><![CDATA[
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<iq type='set'
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from='user@example.com/client'
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to='example.com'
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it='retract1'>
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<pubsub xmlns='http://jabber.org/protocol/pubsub'>
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<retract node='urn:xmpp:ooo:0'>
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<item id='current' />
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</retract>
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</pubsub>
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</iq>
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]]></example>
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<example caption='Vacation settings removed successfully'><![CDATA[
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<iq type='result'
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from='example.com'
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to='user@example.com/client'
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id='retract1' />
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]]></example>
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<p>TODO: Is the Delete And Notify functionality described in XEP-0060
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7.2.2.1 widely implemented? If so, should that case be included here?</p>
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</section2>
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<section2 topic='Hiding vacation settings'>
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<p>In PEP, a node's default access model is 'presence' (i.e., any other user
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with a subscription type "from" or "both" may subscribe to the node. PEP
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provides other access models including a 'whitelist.' See &xep0060; section
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4.5 for a list of Node Access Models.</p>
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<p>The whitelist access model can be used to hide the current
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out-of-office message. With an empty whitelist, no other users
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receive notification when the node changes. The client may also use this
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fact to allow the client's user to set up an out-of-office message
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before it becomes active.</p>
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<p>See &xep0060; Section 8.2 for details on configuration the out-of-office
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node's access model.</p>
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<p>See also &xep0223;.</p>
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<p>PEP and PubSub allow for publishing an item and setting configuration on
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a node. A user may wish to create an initial, hidden out-of-office
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setting. They may do so by publishing an item with id='archive' and an
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access model of 'whitelist.' When the user enables the
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out-of-office settings, a configuration changing the access model
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to some other mode sends notifications as defined by PEP.</p>
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<p>TODO: add an example of publishing an item and setting configuration with
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a single stanza i.e., find the appropriate example from &xep0060; or
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&xep0163; and include it here.</p>
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</section2>
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</section1>
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<section1 topic='Server requirements'>
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<p>A server implementing out-of-office messages MUST implement
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&xep0163;.</p>
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</section1>
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<section1 topic='Security Considerations'>
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<p>None yet defined.</p>
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</section1>
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<section1 topic='IANA Considerations'>
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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'>
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<p>The 'urn:xmpp:ooo:0' namespace shall be registered with the ®ISTRAR; as a result of this document.</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:ooo:0'
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xmlns='urn:xmpp:ooo:0'
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elementFormDefault='qualified'>
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<xs:element name='item'>
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<xs:complexType>
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<xs:sequence>
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<xs:element name='start' minOccurs='0' maxOccurs='1' type='xs:string'/>
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<xs:element name='end' minOccurs='0' maxOccurs='1' type='xs:string'/>
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<xs:element name='message' minOccurs='0' maxOccurs='1' type='xs:string'/>
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</xs:sequence>
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</xs:complexType>
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</xs:element>
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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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