The XMPP Blog

Monday saw the 2010 XMPP Interop start right up with many of the participants working with Kev (who was wearing his XSF ITeam hat) to establish the base line DNS entries and with MattJ for any CA Certificate items needed. Details can be found on the Interop wiki page and discussions are happening in the chat room which is logged. A full report will be generated after the event is over and a summary will be posted here. [Read More]

We still need folks who haven’t voted to do so as Alexander has reported that our current voting tally does not fulfill the required quorum. The proxy voting is ongoing and will continue until the close of business on December 14th. On December 15th we will have one of the few required “all hands” meetings to formally approve the voting results. The voting is handled by the XSF’s Membership Bot memberbot@jabber. [Read More]

The tenth XMPP Summit held by the XMPP Standards Foundation happened on February 4-7, 2011, in Brussels, Belgium (the same weekend as FOSDEM 2011). A Trip Report can be found on the XSF Blog. Friday, February 4: XMPP Hackfest Saturday, February 5: Devroom @ FOSDEM Sunday, February 6: FOSDEM Sunday, February 6: Official XSF Dinner Monday, February 7: XMPP Summit Dev Challenge Friday, February 4: XMPP Hackfest The official XMPP Hackfest is there for people to code on XMPP, test interoperability, build or extend applications, and give a few talks about technical topics. [Read More]

XSF is conducting an online interop event to allow testing of interoperability based on the latest core standards from Monday, December 6th all the way thru Saturday the 11th of December.

The event has started with all the usual fun of setting up the infrastructure required :)

Client and Server implementers are encouraged to participate, see  our Interop page for details or to follow along as the event unfolds!

This software Roundup has been brought to you by Neustradamus and Nyco, with the help of Mike and Will. Coccinella 0.96.20 Sander Devrieze has released a new version 0.96.20 of Coccinella, a free and open-source cross-platform communication tool with a built-in whiteboard for improved collaboration with other people. (Linux, Mac, and Windows) Pidgin 2.7.7 Since our last Roundup, the Pidgin Team has made great progress with the 2.7.x series, with an impressive changelog, especially related to XMPP. [Read More]

The ninth XMPP Summit to be held by the XMPP Standards Foundation was held at OSCON 2010 in Portland, Oregon (USA) on Monday July 19 and Tuesday July 20, 2010. Participants The following people registered their participation in advance: lya Braude Nathan Fritz Joe Hildebrand Steffen Larsen Jérôme Sautret Jon Snyder Lance Stout Mike Taylor Angela Thomas Kurt Zeilenga Matt Miller Dave Richards Eero Neuenschwander Tuomas Koski Agenda Interop BOSH C2S Encryption S2S Hacks Sleek Hackfest Specs Carbons BOSH/WebSockets Time-Based Implicit Invites to PEP OneSocial Demos OneSocialWeb &yet XMPP web client DragonForce Day One Summary After a brief welcome and introductions the attendees created the Agenda using the barcamp style. [Read More]

Part of the membership process for the XSF is that new and renewing members post to our wiki their “application” and current members vote to approve the application - this proxy voting has now started and will continue until the close of business on December 14th. On December 15th we will have one of the few required “all hands” meetings to formally approve the voting results. The voting is handled by the XSF’s Membership Bot memberbot@jabber. [Read More]

The minutes for the most recent XSF Board Meeting on 2010-11-24 can be found as a post to the XSF Members mailing list.  You can view the chat log or read the summary post.

The board meets every two weeks - lurkers welcome!

This meeting the focus was on the upcoming FOSDEM and Summit.  Planning for the event and getting setup for a call-for-presenters.

The XMPP Standards Foundation is currently accepting applications for new members. Why apply? Help the XSF with technical reviews and communication efforts Help elect the XMPP Council, or run for the Council in the future (council candidates must be XSF members) Help the XSF stay true to its mission of building an open, secure, feature-rich, decentralized infrastructure for real-time communication and collaboration over the Internet Application instructions are available here: http://wiki. [Read More]

From Monday 6th December through to Saturday 11th December, the XSF will be conducting an online interop event to test and demonstrate XMPP interoperability based on the latest core standards. Client and Server implementers are encouraged to participate.

If you do wish to participate, please do add your information to our Interop page.