XEP-0369: Mediated Information eXchange (MIX)

Table 1: JID Visibility Modes

Table 2: JID Visibility Preference Options

Table 3: Standard Nodes

3.7.1 Roles

There are a number of MIX roles for each channel, listed in the following table. Rights will be assigned to the various roles in the channel configuration node.

There will always be at lease one owner and "anyone" will always have role occupants. Other roles may not have any role occupants. Rights are defined in a strictly hierarchical manner, so that for example Owners will always have rights that Administrators have.

3.7.2 Messages Node

Items in this node will contain a message identified by a unique ID. A MIX implementation SHOULD NOT make messages available for retrieval from this node using pubsub. The recommended approach is that zero history is held in the messages node, and that this node is used for publication only. The recommended approach to retrieve message history is MAM. Users subscribe to this node to receive messages.

Private Messages are not stored in the messages node.

3.7.3 Subject Node

The subject node publishes the current subject of channel. Subject history is stored in MAM. A single item is stored in this node at a time which MUST contain a "text" element and MAY contain additional text elements. Where multiple text elements are provided, each MUST posses an xml:lang attribute that describes the natural language of the subject. The following example shows the format of a item in the subject node.

Example 1. Subject Node

<items node='urn:xmpp:mix:nodes:subject'>
  <item>
    <text xml:lang="en">How to use Toads</text>
    <text xml:lang="de">Wie benutzt man Kröten</text>
  </item>
</items>

When a user subscribes to the Subject Node, this will cause the channel to send Subject messages to the user through the MIX Proxy. This is done on initial user subscription and on subject change. Clients MAY directly read the channel subject from the Subject Node using PubSub.

3.7.4 Participants Node

Each channel participant is represented as an item of the 'urn:xmpp:mix:nodes:participants' channel node. Each item is named by the bare proxy JID of the participant. For example 'coven+123456@mix.shakespeare.example' might name the node item associated with participant 'hag66@shakespeare.example'. The nick associated with the user is mandatory and is stored in the item. The nick for each channel participant MUST be different to the nick of other participants. This node MAY be subscribed to for jid-visible channels that permit subscription to this node - this will allow users to see changes to the channel participants.

If the Participants Node is not used, information on channel participants is not shared.

Example 2. Value of Participants Node

<items node='urn:xmpp:mix:nodes:participants'>
  <item id='coven+123456@mix.shakespeare.example'>
    <participant xmlns='urn:xmpp:mix:0'
                 nick='thirdwitch'/>
  </item>
</items>

3.7.5 JID Map Node

The JID Map node is used to associate a proxy bare JID to its corresponding real bare JID. The JID Map node MUST have one entry for each entry in the Participants node. Each item is identified by proxy bare JID, mapping to the real bare JID. This node is used to give administrator access to real JIDs and participant access to real JIDs in jid-visible channels. In JID visible channels, all participants may subscribe to this node. In JID hidden channels, only administrators can subscribe.

Example 3. Value of JID Map Node

<items node='urn:xmpp:mix:nodes:jidmap'>
  <item id='coven+123456@mix.shakespeare.example'>
    <participant xmlns='urn:xmpp:mix:0'
                 jid='hecate@mix.shakespeare.example'/>
  </item>
</items>

3.7.6 Presence Node

The presence node contains the presence value for clients belonging to participants that choose to publish presence to the channel. A MIX channel MAY require that all participants publish presence. Each item in the presence node is identified by the full proxy JID, and contains the current presence value for that JID. The presence is encoded in the same way as data that would be sent in a presence stanza. The full JID is always used in this node. In MIX it is possible to have a 'presence-less channel' by not using this node. Access Control may be set to enforce that for each of the full JIDs in this list, the bare JID MUST be in the participants list.

This node may be subscribed to by users and this subscription MUST use the users bare JID. So presence of online clients is sent to the MIX Proxy for each user subscribed to this node. Presence is always sent using standard presence protocol.

Example 4. Value of Presence Node

<items node='urn:xmpp:mix:nodes:presence'>
  <item id='coven+123456@mix.shakespeare.example/8765'>
    <presence xmlns='jabber:client'>
      <show>dnd</show>
      <status>Making a Brew</status>
    </presence>
  </item>
</items>

3.7.7 Information Node

The Information node holds information about the channel. The information node is named by the name of the node, which must be present. Other elements of the information node are optional. Information history is stored in MAM. The name and description values MUST contain a "text" element and MAY contain additional text elements. Where multiple text elements are provided, each MUST posses an xml:lang attribute that describes the natural language of the subject. Users MAY subscribe to this node to receive information updates. The Information node has the following attributes:

• 'Name'. A short string providing a name for the channel
• 'Description'. A longer description of the channel.
• 'Administrator'. The person or role responsible for the channel, using vCard format following vcard-temp (XEP-0054) [13].
• 'Avatar'. An Avatar associated with the channel. This MAY be used in rosters that hold information on the channel and MAY be displayed by clients using the channel. The avatar is stored using the format defined in User Avatar (XEP-0084) [14]

The format of the Information node follows Data Forms (XEP-0004) [15]. This allows configuration to be updated by MIX defined commands and that the results of update commands can be directly written to the PubSub node. The following example shows the format of a item in the information node for the example coven@mix.shakespeare.example channel.

Example 5. Information Node

<items node='urn:xmpp:mix:nodes:info'>
  <item id='2016-05-30T09:00:00' xmlns='urn:xmpp:mix:0'>
        <name>Witches Coven</name>
        <description>A location not far from the blasted heath where the three witches meet</description>
        <administrator>
           <vCard xmlns='vcard-temp'>
              <FN>Hecate</FN>
              <TITLE>Chief Witch</TITLE>
           </vCard>
        </administrator>
        <avatar>
             <data xmlns='urn:xmpp:avatar:data'>
          qANQR1DBwU4DX7jmYZnncm...
            </data>
        </avatar>
  </item>
</items>

3.7.8 Allowed

This node represents a list of JIDs that are allowed to become participants. If the allowed node is not present, all JIDs are allowed. The allowed list is always considered in conjunction with the banned list, stored in the banned node. Only Administrators and Owners have write permission to the allowed node and are also the only roles that are allows to subscribe to this node. Each item contains a real bare JID. The following example shows how the allowed list can specify single JIDs and domains.

Example 6. Allowed Node

<items node='urn:xmpp:mix:nodes:allowed'>
  <item id='@shakespeare.lit'>
  <item id='alice@wonderland.lit'>
  </item>
</items>

3.7.9 Banned

This node represents a list of JIDs that are explicitly not allowed to become participants. The values in this list take priority over values in the allowed node. Only Administrators and Owners have write permission to the allowed node and are also the only roles that are allows to subscribe to this node. Each item contains a real bare JID.

Example 7. Banned Node

<items node='urn:xmpp:mix:nodes:banned'>
  <item id='lear@shakespeare.lit'>
  <item id='macbeth@shakespeare.lit'>
  </item>
</items>

3.7.10 Configuration Node

The Configuration node holds the configuration of the channel as a single item, named by the date-time of the last update to the configuration. A single item is stored in the node at a time, with previous configuration history accessed by MAM. Users MAY subscribe to the configuration node to get notification of configuration change. The configuration node is optional for a MIX channel. For example, configuration choices could be fixed and not exposed. A subset of the defined configuration options may be used and additional non-standard configuration options may be added. If configuration options to control functionality of the nature described here are provided, the options defined in this standard MUST be used. The following configuration options are provided:

• 'Date of Configuration Change'. Encoded as the item ID.
• 'Last Change Made By'. Bare JID of the user making the last change.
• 'Owners'. List of bare JIDs with Owner rights as defined in ACL node. When a list is created, the JID creating the list is configured as an owner, unless this attribute is explicitly configured to another value. Owners will generally have full rights to make changes to channel configuration and access control.
• 'Administrators'. List of bare JIDs with Administrator rights. An Administrator has rights to make changes to channel access control and configuration as defined in ACL node. An Administrator also has operational right on a channel, such a kicking users out of the channel. These rights are analogous to moderator rights defined in Multi-User Chat (XEP-0045) [16].
• 'End of Life'. The date and time at which the channel will be automatically removed by the server. If this is not set, the channel is permanent.
• 'Nodes Present'. Specifies which nodes are present: "participants"; "presence"; "subject"; "information"; "allowed"; "banned". Note that "config" is implicit, and "jidmap" is implied by "participants".
• 'Message Node Subscription'. Controls who can subscribe to messages node: "participants"; "allowed"; "anyone". Default "participants".
• 'Participants Node Subscription'. Controls who can subscribe to participants node: "participants"; "allowed"; "anyone"; "nobody". Default "participants".
• 'Presence Node Subscription'. Controls who can subscribe to presence node: "participants"; "allowed"; "anyone"; "nobody". Default "participants".
• 'Subject Node Subscription'. Controls who can subscribe to subject node: "participants"; "allowed"; "anyone"; "nobody". Default "participants".
• 'Configuration Node Access'. Controls who can subscribe to and has read access configuration node: "participants"; "admins"; "owners"; "nobody". Default "admins".
• 'Kick Rights'. Controls who can kick users from the channel: "admins"; "owners"; "nobody". Default "admins".
• 'JID Visibility'. Choice of "jid-hidden", "jid-optionally-visible", "jid-mandatory-visible".
• 'Open Presence'. If selected, any client may register presence. If not selected, only clients with bare JID in the participants list may register presence.
• 'Allow Message Retraction'. If this option is selected users will be able to retract messages sent to the MIX channel.
• 'Participation Addition by Invitation from Participant'. This option extends a channel so that a channel participant has rights to invite and enable other users as participants.
• 'No Private Messages'. If this option is selected, private messages may not be used with the channel.

AUTHOR'S NOTE: This version contains a number of AUTHOR NOTES, which are reminder instructions to the author as to editing actions to be taken, and also indicate where changes are anticipated in future versions.

AUTHOR'S NOTE AND QUESTION: Detailed review of this section is solicited, and requirements for any additional configuration control.

The format of the ACL node follows Data Forms (XEP-0004) [17].

Example 8. Configuration Node

<items node='urn:xmpp:mix:nodes:config'>
  <item id='2016-05-30T09:00:00'>
    *** TBS ****
  </item>
</items>

<iq from='hag66@shakespeare.example/intibo24'
    id='lx09df27'
    to='mix.shakespeare.example'
    type='get'>
  <query xmlns='http://jabber.org/protocol/disco#info'/>
</iq>

<iq from='mix.shakespeare.example'
    id='lx09df27'
    to='hag66@shakespeare.example/intibo24'
    type='result'>
  <query xmlns='http://jabber.org/protocol/disco#info'>
    <identity
        category='conference'
        name='Shakespearean Chat Service'
        type='text'/>
    <feature var='urn:xmpp:mix:0'/>
    </x>
  </query>
</iq>

<iq from='hag66@shakespeare.lit'
    id='kl2fax27'
    to='mix.shakespeare.lit'
    type='get'>
  <query xmlns='http://jabber.org/protocol/disco#items'/>
</iq>

<iq from='mix.shakespeare.lit'
    id='kl2fax27'
    to='hag66@shakespeare.lit'
    type='result'>
  <query xmlns='http://jabber.org/protocol/disco#items'>
    <item jid='coven@mix.shakespeare.example' />
    <item jid='spells@mix.shakespeare.example' />
    <item jid='wizards@mix.shakespeare.example' />
  </query>
</iq>

<iq from='hag66@shakespeare.lit'
    id='ik3vs715'
    to='coven@mix.shakespeare.lit'
    type='get'>
  <query xmlns='http://jabber.org/protocol/disco#info'/>
</iq>

<iq from='coven@mix.shakespeare.lit'
    id='ik3vs715'
    to='hag66@shakespeare.lit'
    type='result'>
  <query xmlns='http://jabber.org/protocol/disco#info'>
    <identity
        category='conference'
        name='A Dark Cave'
        type='mix'/>
    <feature var='urn:xmpp:mix:0'/>
    <feature var='urn:xmpp:mam:1'/>
  </query>
</iq>

<iq from='hag66@shakespeare.lit'
    id='kl2fax27'
    to='coven@mix.shakespeare.lit'
    type='get'>
  <query xmlns='http://jabber.org/protocol/disco#items'/>
</iq>

<iq from='coven@mix.shakespeare.lit'
    id='kl2fax27'
    to='hag66@shakespeare.lit'
    type='result'>
  <query xmlns='http://jabber.org/protocol/disco#items'>
    <item jid='coven@mix.shakespeare.example'
          node='urn:xmpp:mix:nodes:presence'/>
    <item jid='coven@mix.shakespeare.example'
          node='urn:xmpp:mix:nodes:participants'/>
    <item jid='coven@mix.shakespeare.example'
          node='urn:xmpp:mix:nodes:messages'/>
    <item jid='coven@mix.shakespeare.example'
          node='urn:xmpp:mix:nodes:subject'/>
    <item jid='coven@mix.shakespeare.example'
          node='urn:xmpp:mix:nodes:config'/>
  </query>
</iq>

<iq from='hag66@shakespeare.lit'
    id='kl2fax27'
    to='coven@mix.shakespeare.lit'
    type='get'>
  <query xmlns='urn:xmpp:mix:0#channel-info'/>
</iq>

<iq from='coven@mix.shakespeare.lit'
    id='kl2fax27'
    to='hag66@shakespeare.lit'
    type='result'>
  <query xmlns='urn:xmpp:mix:0#channel-info'>
        <name>Witches Coven</name>
        <description>A location not far from the blasted heath where the three witches meet</description>
        <administrator>
           <vCard xmlns='vcard-temp'>
              <FN>Hecate</FN>
              <TITLE>Chief Witch</TITLE>
           </vCard>
        </administrator>
        <avatar>
             <data xmlns='urn:xmpp:avatar:data'>
          qANQR1DBwU4DX7jmYZnncm...
            </data>
        </avatar>
</iq>

<iq from='hag66@shakespeare.lit'
    id='kl2fax27'
    to='coven@mix.shakespeare.lit'
    type='get'>
  <query xmlns='urn:xmpp:mix:0#get-participants'/>
</iq>

<iq from='coven@mix.shakespeare.lit'
    id='kl2fax27'
    to='hag66@shakespeare.lit'
    type='result'>
  <query xmlns='urn:xmpp:mix:0#get-participants'> 
  <items>
      <item jid='hag66@shakespeare.lit' nick='thirdwitch'>
      <item jid='hag01@shakespeare.lit' nick='top witch'> 
</items>
</iq>

<iq from='romeo@montague.lit/orchard' 
    id='disco1'
    to='juliet@capulet.lit/chamber' 
    type='result'>
  <query xmlns='http://jabber.org/protocol/disco#info'
         node='http://code.google.com/p/exodus#QgayPKawpkPSDYmwT/WM94uAlu0='>
    <identity category='client' name='Exodus 0.9.1' type='pc'/>
    <feature var='http://jabber.org/protocol/caps'/>
    <feature var='http://jabber.org/protocol/disco#info'/>
    <feature var='http://jabber.org/protocol/disco#items'/>
    <feature var='http://jabber.org/protocol/muc'/>
    <feature var='http://jabber.org/protocol/mix'/>
  </query>
</iq>

5.1.1 Joining a Channel

A user joins a channel by sending a MIX "join" command. There is no default set of nodes, so user MUST specify the set of nodes to be subscribed to. To achieve the equivalent service to MUC, a user would subscribe to messages, presence and subject. This will lead to the server subscribing the user to each of the requested nodes associated with the channel. The MIX server will also add the user to the participant list by injecting a new item into the "urn:xmpp:mix:nodes:participants" node automatically.

The default MIX model is that only channel participants may subscribe to nodes. A MIX channel MAY allow non-participant subscription. This will be handled by clients directly subscribing to the desired PubSub nodes.

Example 22. User Joins a Channel

<iq type='set'
    from='hag66@shakespeare.example'
    to='coven@mix.shakespeare.example'
    id='E6E10350-76CF-40C6-B91B-1EA08C332FC7'>
  <join xmlns='urn:xmpp:mix:0'>
    <subscribe node='urn:xmpp:mix:nodes:messages'/>
    <subscribe node='urn:xmpp:mix:nodes:presence'/>
    <subscribe node='urn:xmpp:mix:nodes:participants'/>
    <subscribe node='urn:xmpp:mix:nodes:subject'/>
    <subscribe node='urn:xmpp:mix:nodes:config'/>
  </join>
</iq>

The channel responds with an IQ-result. This stanza includes the nodes to which the user has been successfully subscribed, as well as the bare JID that will be used for the user in this channel and added to the participant list. The following example shows the result of the above request when the request is completed in full.

Example 23. Channel Processes Join Request in Full

<iq type='result'
    from='coven@mix.shakespeare.example'
    to='hag66@shakespeare.example'
    id='E6E10350-76CF-40C6-B91B-1EA08C332FC7'>
  <join xmlns='urn:xmpp:mix:0' jid='hag66@shakespeare.example'>
    <subscribe node='urn:xmpp:mix:nodes:messages'/>
    <subscribe node='urn:xmpp:mix:nodes:presence'/>
    <subscribe node='urn:xmpp:mix:nodes:participants'/>
    <subscribe node='urn:xmpp:mix:nodes:subject'/>
    <subscribe node='urn:xmpp:mix:nodes:config'/>
  </join>
</iq>

If a user cannot be subscribed to one or more of the requested nodes (e.g., because the node does not exist), but can be subscribed to some the response simply lists the nodes successfully subscribed. If none of the nodes requested are successfully subscribed to, an error response is sent indicating the reason that the first node requested was not subscribed to. This response will also include other nodes requested where subscription failed for the same reason. The following response example shows a response to the initial request example where the participant is not be subscribed to all nodes associated with the channel (in this case only messages, participants, and subject).

Example 24. Channel Processes Join With Some Nodes Not Subscribed To

<iq type='result'
    from='hag66@shakespeare.example'
    to='coven@mix.shakespeare.example'
    id='E6E10350-76CF-40C6-B91B-1EA08C332FC7'>
  <join xmlns='urn:xmpp:mix:0' jid='hag66@shakespeare.example'>
    <subscribe node='urn:xmpp:mix:nodes:messages'/>
    <subscribe node='urn:xmpp:mix:nodes:participants'/>
    <subscribe node='urn:xmpp:mix:nodes:subject'/>
  </join>
</iq>

The channel also adds the user to the participants node and sends a notification to subscribers to the participants node.

Example 25. Channel Adds User to Participants Node

<message from='coven@mix.shakespeare.example'
         to='hecate@shakespeare.example'
         id='5A9C7398-DB13-4BFA-A091-2D466C710AAF'>
  <event xmlns='http://jabber.org/protocol/pubsub#event'>
    <items node='urn:xmpp:mix:nodes:participants'>
      <item id='coven+123456@mix.shakespeare.example'>
        <participant xmlns='urn:xmpp:mix:0'
                     nick='thirdwitch'/>
      </item>
    </items>
  </event>
</message>

The user that has been added to the channel is identified by the item id of the item added to the pubsub node, which is the proxy JID of the new channel participant. Each <participant> element will include the nick of the user being added, which will be how the user will typically be shown in the channel.

Following the MIX server side processing, the user's server will usually add the MIX channel to the user's roster using one way presence. This means that the MIX channel will get presence information from the user. This roster entry will lead to correct handling of the user's presence in the MIX channel. If the user does not wish to publish presence and the channel permits this, then this roster addition does not happen. If the channel requires presence and the user removes the channel from the user's roster, the channel MAY remove the user as a channel participant.

A user may subsequently modify subscription to nodes in a channel by sending a subscription modification request, as shown in the following example.

Example 26. User Modifies Subscription Request

<iq type='set'
    from='hag66@shakespeare.example'
    to='coven@mix.shakespeare.example'
    id='E6E10350-76CF-40C6-B91B-1EA08C332FC7'>
  <update-subscription xmlns='urn:xmpp:mix:0'>
    <subscribe node='urn:xmpp:mix:nodes:messages'/>
  </update-subscription>
</iq>

<iq type='result'
    from='hag66@shakespeare.example'
    to='coven@mix.shakespeare.example'
    id='E6E10350-76CF-40C6-B91B-1EA08C332FC7'>
  <update-subscription xmlns='urn:xmpp:mix:0' jid='hag66@shakespeare.example'>
    <subscribe node='urn:xmpp:mix:nodes:messages'/>
  </update-subscription>
</iq>

5.1.2 User Preferences and Additional Information

A channel MAY store user preferences and parameters with each user. There are two preference options.

A user JID visibility preference have the following values:

1. 'Default'. In this setting, the channel default value will be used. This value is used if another value is not explicitly set.
2. 'Never'. If this is set, JID will never be shared and user will be removed from the channel if its mode changes to JID-visible-mandatory.
3. 'Prefer Not'. If this is set, JID will only be shared if mode is JID-visible-mandatory.

The user may specify that no Private Messages are to be sent from the channel, and allow vCard retrieval.

The following table sets out the standardized user preference values. A MIX implementation may use other values.

When joining a channel, the client may specify one or more preference options as a Data Forms (XEP-0004) [21] form. In the response, the server MUST specify all of the user preferences supported by the server, with default values if the user has not requested a different value. The following example shows joining a channel and setting a preference.

Example 27. User Joins a Channel and Specifies a preference

<iq type='set'
    from='hag66@shakespeare.example'
    to='coven@mix.shakespeare.example'
    id='E6E10350-76CF-40C6-B91B-1EA08C332FC7'>
    <join xmlns='urn:xmpp:mix:0'>
    <subscribe node='urn:xmpp:mix:nodes:messages'/>
    <subscribe node='urn:xmpp:mix:nodes:presence'/>
    <x xmlns='jabber:x:data' type='submit'>
        <field var='FORM_TYPE' type='hidden'>
             <value>urn:xmpp:mix:0</value>
        </field>
        <field var='JID Visibility'>
            <value>Never</value>
        </field>
     </x>
  </join>
</iq>

The following example shows a successful join, which also reports all the user preferences.

Example 28. Channel Successfully Processes Join and returns the preferences set

<iq type='result'
    from='coven@mix.shakespeare.example'
    to='hag66@shakespeare.example'
    id='E6E10350-76CF-40C6-B91B-1EA08C332FC7'>
  <join xmlns='urn:xmpp:mix:0' jid='hag66@shakespeare.example'>
    <subscribe node='urn:xmpp:mix:nodes:messages'/>
    <subscribe node='urn:xmpp:mix:nodes:presence'/>
    <x xmlns='jabber:x:data' type='result'>
        <field var='FORM_TYPE' type='hidden'>
             <value>urn:xmpp:mix:0</value>
        </field>
        <field var='JID Visibility'>
            <value>Never</value>
        </field>
        <field var='Private Messages'>
           <value>Allow</value>
         </field>
        <field var='vCard'>
          <value>Block</value>
         </field>
     </x>
  </join>
</iq>

The client may also query the channel in order to find out which user preferences are supported and the options available. This will allow users to set options not specified in the standard. The result is a form template.

Example 29. User Requests and Recieves Preferences Template Form

<iq type='set'
    from='hag66@shakespeare.example'
    to='coven@mix.shakespeare.example'
    id='E6E10350-76CF-40C6-B91B-1EA08C332FC7'>
    <user-preference xmlns='urn:xmpp:mix:0'/>
     <x xmlns='jabber:x:data' type='submit'>
        <field var='FORM_TYPE' type='hidden'>
             <value>urn:xmpp:mix:0</value>
        </field>
        <field var='JID Visibility'>
            <value>Never</value>
        </field>
        <field var='Private Messages'>
           <value>Allow</value>
         </field>
        <field var='vCard'>
          <value>Block</value>
         </field>
     </x>
</iq>

<iq type='result'
    from='coven@mix.shakespeare.example'
    to='hag66@shakespeare.example'
    id='E6E10350-76CF-40C6-B91B-1EA08C332FC7'>
    <user-preference xmlns='urn:xmpp:mix:0'>
    <x xmlns='jabber:x:data' type='result'>
        <field var='FORM_TYPE' type='hidden'>
             <value>urn:xmpp:mix:0</value>
        </field>
        <field var='JID Visibility'>
            <value>Never</value>
        </field>
        <field var='Private Messages'>
           <value>Allow</value>
         </field>
        <field var='vCard'>
          <value>Block</value>
         </field>
     </x>
  </user-preference>
</iq>

A user may modify preferences using the corresponding set operation.

Example 30. User Updates Preferences

<iq type='get'
    from='hag66@shakespeare.example'
    to='coven@mix.shakespeare.example'
    id='E6E10350-76CF-40C6-B91B-1EA08C332FC7'>
    <user-preference xmlns='urn:xmpp:mix:0'/>
</iq>

<iq type='result'
    from='coven@mix.shakespeare.example'
    to='hag66@shakespeare.example'
    id='E6E10350-76CF-40C6-B91B-1EA08C332FC7'>
    <user-preference xmlns='urn:xmpp:mix:0'>
    <x xmlns='jabber:x:data' type='form'>
        <field var='FORM_TYPE' type='hidden'>
             <value>urn:xmpp:mix:0</value>
        </field>
        <field type='list-single' label='Preference for JID Visibility' var='JID Visibility'>
            <option label='JID Never Shown'><value>Never</value></option>
            <option label='Default Behaviour'><value>Default</value></option>
            <option label='Try not to show JID'><value>Prefer Not</value></option>
         </field>
         <field type='list-single' label='Example Custom Preference' var='Custom Preference'>
            <option label='One Option'><value>A</value></option>
            <option label='Another Option'><value>B</value></option>
         </field>  
     </x>
  </user-preference>
</iq>

5.1.3 Leaving a Channel

Users generally remain in a channel for an extended period of time. In particular the user remains as a participant the channel does not change when the user goes offline as happens with Multi-User Chat (XEP-0045) [22]. So, leaving the channel is a permanent action for a user across all clients, not just a matter of telling the channel that the user is not currently available or for a single client. In order to leave a channel, a user sends a MIX "leave" command to the channel. When a user leaves the channel, the user's client will remove the channel from the user's roster.

Example 31. User Leaves a Channel

<iq type='set'
    from='hag66@shakespeare.example'
    to='coven@mix.shakespeare.example'
    id='E6E10350-76CF-40C6-B91B-1EA08C332FC7'>
  <leave xmlns='urn:xmpp:mix:0'/>
</iq>

When the user leaves the channel, the MIX service is responsible for unsubscribing the user from all nodes in the channel and for removing the user from the participants and presence list. If the user has online presence when the user leaves the channel, the change of presence status caused by removing the user's entry or entries from the presence node will ensure that subscribers to the presence node are correctly updated on presence status. Deletion from the participants and presence functions as if the item (channel participant) had been deleted using the PubSub retract mechanism with notification set to true. Notification of the deletion is sent to clients subscribed to the participants PubSub nodes, as shown in the example below.

Example 32. Reporting when User Leaves a Channel

<message from='coven@mix.shakespeare.example' to='hecate@shakespeare.example' id='foo'>
  <event xmlns='http://jabber.org/protocol/pubsub#event'>
    <items node='urn:xmpp:mix:nodes:participants'>
      <retract id='coven+123456@mix.shakespeare.example'/>
    </items>
  </event>
</message>

<message from='coven@mix.shakespeare.example' to='hecate@shakespeare.example' id='bar'>
  <event xmlns='http://jabber.org/protocol/pubsub#event'>
    <items node='urn:xmpp:mix:nodes:presence'>
      <retract id='coven+123456@mix.shakespeare.example/8765'/>
    </items>
  </event>
</message>

5.1.4 Setting a Nick

Each participant of a channel may have a nick, which is how other users in the channel will see the user. In some cases a nick is not needed, for example where a user reads messages in a channel but does not send messages or share presence information. A nick MUST be present for a user to send a message to a channel or for a user's presence to be shared on a channel. There are four ways that a user's nick can be obtained. The choice of mechanism or mechanisms is dependent on channel policy:

1. The nick is registered with the user account in some way, for example as part of user provisioning with nick configured as an attribute in a directory service. This may be chosen by corporate services that wish to ensure consistent nick values for a set of users and channels.
2. The nick is registered with the MIX service, as described in Registering a Nick .
3. The user explicitly sets the nick, as described in this section.
4. The MIX service generates the nick. In this case it is recommended that the assigned nick is a UUID following RFC 4122 [23].

A user will typically set a nick when joining a channel and may update this nick from time to time. The user does this by sending a command to the channel to set the nick. If the user wishes the channel to assign a nick (or knows that the channel will assign a nick) the nick field can be left blank, so that the user can see what is assigned in the result.

Example 33. User sets Nick on Channel

<iq type='set'
    from='hag66@shakespeare.example'
    to='coven@mix.shakespeare.example'
    id='7nve413p'>
  <query xmlns='urn:xmpp:mix:0'>
    <nick>thirdwitch</nick>
  </query>
</iq>

The channel will return the nick that is to be used, noting that this may be different to the requested nick. MIX services SHOULD apply the "nickname" profile of the PRECIS OpaqueString class, as defined in RFC 7700 [24].

Example 34. Channel informs user of Nick

<iq type='result'
    from='hag66@shakespeare.example'
    to='coven@mix.shakespeare.example'
    id='7nve413p'>
  <query xmlns='urn:xmpp:mix:0'>
    <nick>thirdwitch</nick>
  </query>
</iq>

5.1.5 Registering a Nick

A user can register a nick with the MIX service. Nick registration can be used ensure that a user is able to use the same nick in all channels in the service and to prevent other users from using a registered nick. This can help achieve a consistent experience across a set of channels and prevent user confusion. Support for nick registration by a MIX service is optional. Where nick registration is supported, nick registration may be optional or mandatory. Where a user has registered a Nick with the MIX service, it may be used by each channel according to policy for the channel. A nick is associated with the user's bare JID.

In order to determine if a Nick may be registered, the user may use disco to determine capabilities of the MIX service.

Example 35. User Determines features of the MIX service

<iq type='get'
    from='hag66@shakespeare.example'
    to='mix.shakespeare.example'
    id='7nve413p'>
  <query xmlns='http://jabber.org/protocol/disco#info'/>
</iq>

The response will be a list of features of the MIX channel. If Nick Registration is supported, then the result set will include <feature var="mix_nick_register"/>.

To register a nick with the MIX service the user sends a <register/> command to the service.

Example 36. User Registers with Service

<iq type='set'
    from='hag66@shakespeare.example'
    to='mix.shakespeare.example'
    id='7nve413p'>
  <register xmlns='urn:xmpp:mix:0'>
    <nick>thirdwitch</nick>
  </register>
</iq>

On success, the service informs the user of its nick. The nick that is issued might be different from the nick that was requested, for example if the service completes normalization of nicknames for purposes of internationalization.

MIX services SHOULD apply the "nickname" profile of the PRECIS OpaqueString class, as defined in RFC 7700 [25].

Example 37. Service Returns User of Nick

<iq type='result'
    to='mix.shakespeare.example'
    from='hag66@shakespeare.example'
    id='7nve413p'>
  <register xmlns='urn:xmpp:mix:0'>
    <nick>thirdwitch</nick>
  </register>
</iq>

If the requested nick is already taken, the MIX service returns a <conflict/> error:

Example 38. Nick is Taken

<iq type='error'
    to='mix.shakespeare.example'
    from='hag66@shakespeare.example'
    id='7nve413p'>
  <error type='cancel'>
    <conflict xmlns='urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:xmpp-stanzas'/>
  </error>
</iq>

If the register request does not contain a <nick/> element, then the MIX service assigns one. It is recommended that the assigned nick is a UUID following RFC 4122 [26].

5.1.6 Setting User Presence

A user joins a channel over an extended period, and participation in a channel does not generally change when user goes online or offline. The user's participation in a channel is reflected by the user's bare JID in the participant node. All messages to the channel are sent to this JID.

A user may share presence information with the channel, for one or more online clients. Where a user shares presence information with a channel, the channel is entered by the user's server into the user's roster when the user subscribes to the channel. When an XMPP client comes online or changes presence status, this will be communicated by the user to the user's server using broadcast presence. The user's XMPP server is then responsible to share this presence information to each entry in the roster and in particular to each MIX channel in the roster. The MIX channel will update the "urn:xmpp:mix:nodes:presence" node with any change of status and the updated presence information and then share this updated presence with users subscribed to this node, as described below. When the user sets an explicit status, this is used to modify the presence node in the channel. When a client being used by the user goes offline, the associated server will send presence status "unavailable" to the MIX channel, which will cause the full JID for that client to be removed from the presence node.

A channel may require that all channel participants share presence information with the channel, which is represented in the "urn:xmpp:mix:nodes:presence" node. If sharing presences is required by the channel, an XMPP client conforming to this specification SHALL share presence with the channel by including the channel in the user's roster. Note that the MIX server cannot generally enforce this, but it can require and enforce that when a message is sent to the channel, that the sender of the message is in the presence list.

Presence status and availability is set in a MIX channel by standard presence stanzas sent to the MIX channel by the user's server. User's wishing to receive presence updates will subscribe to the MIX channel presence node. Presence updates are sent out to subscribing using standard XEP-0045 compatible presence stanzas.

A user setting status is now used as an example. Unlike in Multi-User Chat (XEP-0045) [27] where coming online is a special action, coming online in MIX is implicit when presence status is set. Going offline is a achieved by setting presence status to unavailable, which removes the client full JID entry from the presence node. When a user sets a presence status, the user's server sends updated presence to the MIX channel, and the MIX server then publishes the user's availability to the "urn:xmpp:mix:nodes:presence" node. If there is not an item named by the full JID of the client with updated presence status, this item is created. If there is not an item named by the full JID of the client with updated presence status, then an item is created.

Example 39. User Setting Presence Status

<presence xmlns='jabber:client' from=‘hag66@shakespeare.example/pda’ to='coven@mix.shakespeare.example'>
  <show>dnd</show>
  <status>Making a Brew</status>
</presence>

The user's presence information is then published by the service to the "urn:xmpp:mix:nodes:presence" node, with the 'publisher' attribute set to the user's participant identifier (the proxy JID. The MIX channel then broadcasts the presence change to all users who are subscribed to the "urn:xmpp:mix:nodes:presence" node. The presence stanza is sent from the proxy (anonymized) full JID of the user. Note that presence is associated with a client and so will have a full JID as it comes directly from the client and not through the MIX Proxy.

Example 40. Channel Distributes Presence

<presence from='coven+123435@mix.shakespeare.example/678'
          to='coven@mix.shakespeare.example'
          id='77E07BB0-55CF-4BD4-890E-3F7C0E686BBD'>
  <nick xmlns='http://jabber.org/protocol/nick'>thirdwitch</nick>
  <show>dnd</show>
  <status>Making a Brew</status>
</presence>

The presence is distributed to those subscribing to the MIX channel presence node using a standard XMPP presence stanza. The presence change is recorded on the "urn:xmpp:mix:nodes:presence" node in the item for the full JID of the client to which the presence relates. The history of this node will be held as PubSub format in the MAM archive, so that presence history may be viewed.

5.1.7 Coming Online: Obtaining Presence

The presence information for a channel is stored in the urn:xmpp:mix:nodes:presence node and distributed using standard presence stanzas to users subscribing to this presence node. The user's server will then pass this presence information on to all online clients. When a client goes offline, it will lose synchronization with the presence node. When the client comes online, the clients server will send a directed presence stanza to the MIX channel. This will happen as a consequence of the MIX channel being in the user's roster and the MIX channel sending a presence update to the MIX channel. When the MIX channel adds or modifies presence for a client to the roster, this presence change will be distributed to all users subscribing to the presence node.

When the full JID of a client is added to the MIX channel presence node and that full JID is not in the presence list, the MIX channel will send to the client presence for all of the items in the presence node using standard presence stanzas. This will give the client full current presence.

5.1.8 Determining Real JIDs

Presence information will provide a MIX client with the nicks and anonymized proxy JIDs for participants. For JID visible rooms, the user may look up the real JID using the "urn:xmpp:mix:nodes:jidmap" node. The items in this node are identified by proxy JID, and so the real JID can be retrieved using a straightforward PubSub query. While a user may subscribe to the jidmap node, it is more likely to be used to directly look up JIDs as and when needed.

5.1.9 Coming Online: Synchronizing Message History

A MIX client will typically display message history of the channel to the user. When a client comes online it will need to obtain this message history from the MAM archive associated with the channel. There are three basic approaches a client will take:

1. If the client has previously displayed message history and has been offline for a reasonably small time, the client will wish to retrieve all messages since the last one displayed to the user.
2. The client may wish to display a fixed number of messages, perhaps finding more messages if the client subsequently requests.
3. The client may wish to display messages from a recent time period, perhaps finding more messages if the client subsequently requests.

AUTHOR'S NOTE: Examples to be added

5.1.10 Going Offline

When a client goes offline, this presence update is sent by the client's server to the MIX channel. From the client perspective, this is the same as any other presence change. Handling by the MIX channel is slightly different.

Example 41. Client Goes Offline in the Channel

<presence type='unavailable'
          from='hag66@shakespeare.example/pda'
          to='coven@mix.shakespeare.example'/>

The MIX channel will retract (remove) the item in the presence node of the MIX channel identified by the client's full JID. The MIX channel will notify subscribers to the presence node of the user going offline by sending a presence stanza to the full proxy JID of each client.

Example 42. Channel Distributes Notification of Client going Offline

<presence from='coven+12345@mix.shakespeare.example/678'
          to='hecate@shakespeare.example'
          id='77E07BB0-55CF-4BD4-890E-3F7C0E686BBD'
          type='unavailable'/>

There is the possibility that the message associated with the user going offline will be lost. If this happens, "ghost" entries will appear in the presence node. A MIX server may take steps to address this, for example by probing client with a disco for presence items that remain unchanged for a long period.

It is desirable to prevent clients from going offline briefly and then coming back online again, as this will lead to "flapping presence". The recommended approach to achieve this is use of Stream Management (XEP-0198) [28] to maintain an XMPP client connection in the event of short term TCP failure.

5.1.11 Sending a Message

A client sends a message directly to a MIX channel as a standard groupchat message, in exactly the same way as for Multi-User Chat (XEP-0045) [29]. Messages are sent directly to the channel and do not use the MIX Proxy.

Example 43. User Sends Message to Channel

<message from='hag66@shakespeare.example/pda'
         to='coven@mix.shakespeare.example'
         id='92vax143g'
         type='groupchat'>
  <body>Harpier cries: 'tis time, 'tis time.</body>
</message>

The MIX channel then puts a copy of the message into the MAM archive for the channel and sends a copy of the message to each participant in standard groupchat format. These messages sent by the channel are addressed to the bare JID of each participant and this will be handled by the participant's MIX Proxy. The message from value is the full Proxy JID of the message sender. The id of the message is the ID from the MAM archive.

Example 44. Channel Reflects Message to Participants

<message from='coven+12345@mix.shakespeare.example/678'
         to='hecate@shakespeare.example'
         id='77E07BB0-55CF-4BD4-890E-3F7C0E686BBD'
         type='groupchat'>
  <body>Harpier cries: 'tis time, 'tis time.</body>
</message>

The messages sent to participants have a different message id to the originally submitted message. This does not impact most recipients, but it does not allow the message originator to correlate the message with the submitted message. To address this the MIX channel MUST include an additional element of the message copy going back to the originator's bare JID that includes the original id. This enables the originator to correlate the received message with the message submitted.

Example 45. Channel Reflects Message back to Originator

<message from='coven+12345@mix.shakespeare.example/678'
         to='hag66@shakespeare.example'
         id='77E07BB0-55CF-4BD4-890E-3F7C0E686BBD'
         type='groupchat'>
  <body>Harpier cries: 'tis time, 'tis time.</body>
  <submission-id xmlns='urn:xmpp:mix:0'>92vax143g</submission-id>
</message>

5.1.12 Retracting a Message

A MIX channel MAY support message retraction, where the sender of a messages deletes a messages from the message history and optionally replace it with another message. This retraction mechanism will be based on the Publish-Subscribe (XEP-0060) [30] retract operation. A client looking at message history may choose to look at "current state" which will show status after the retraction or "full history" which will include the message that was retracted.

AUTHOR'S NOTE: Define new protocol to support this and add example.

5.1.13 Setting the Channel Subject

Setting the subject for a channel follows a similar procedure to sending a message. An XMPP client will send a message setting the subject directly to the MIX channel.

Example 46. User Sets Channel Subject

<message from='hag66@shakespeare.example/pda'
         to='coven@mix.shakespeare.example'
         id='92vax143g'
         type='groupchat'>
  <subject>
   <item>
    <text xml:lang="en">How to use Toads</text>
    <text xml:lang="de">Wie benutzt man Kröten</text>
  </item>
  </subject>
</message>

This message is received by the MIX channel, which will set the Subject Node for the channel, and then distribute the message to participants that are subscribed to the Subject Node, with the message addressed to the MIX Proxy.

Example 47. Channel Reflects New Subject to Participants

<message from='coven+12345@mix.shakespeare.example/678'
         to='hecate@shakespeare.example'
         id='77E07BB0-55CF-4BD4-890E-3F7C0E686BBD'
         type='groupchat'>
           <subject>
            <item>
                <text xml:lang="en">How to use Toads</text>
               <text xml:lang="de">Wie benutzt man Kröten</text>
            </item>
          </subject>
</message>

When a new Participant joins a channel and subscribes to the Subject Node, the channel MUST send to the user's MIX Proxy a message with the current subject. An XMPP Client MAY directly read the Subject node using Publish-Subscribe (XEP-0060) [31].

5.1.14 Telling another User about a Channel

A convenient way to reference another channel is to use References (XEP-0372) [32] which enables the JID of a channel to be shared. This might be used simply to inform the message recipient about the channel or as mechanism to invite the user to join the channel. This is useful as an invitation mechanism to a channel that any user can join or where the invitee knows that the user may join (e.g., because the channel is for all users in an organization).

5.1.15 Inviting another User to join a Channel that the user does not have Permission to Join

Invitation by reference, as described in the previous section, is a convenient approach to invite a user to join a channel that the user has permission to join. This section describes the approach used when the inviter has permission to grant rights for the invitee to become a channel participant. This might be because the inviter is an administrator of the channel or the channel may have a special mode where channel participants may grant rights for other users to join a channel ('Participation Addition by Invitation from Participant' enabled). This approach is used to avoid cluttering the allowed node with JIDs of users who are invited to join, but do not accept the invitation. When a channel participant(the inviter) invites another user (the invitee) to join a channel, the following sequence of steps is followed:

1. The channel inviter sends to the channel requesting an invite for the invitee.
2. The channel sends an invitation to the inviter.
3. The inviter sends the invitation to the invitee.
4. The invitee MAY use the invitation to join the channel.
5. The invitee MAY send a response to the inviter, indicating if the invitation was accepted or declined.

The first step is for the inviter to request an invitation from the channel. The invitation contains inviter, invitee and a token. The channel will evaluate if the inviter has rights to issue the invitation. This will be because the inviter is a channel administrator or if the inviter is a channel participant and the channel has 'Participation Addition by Invitation from Participant' mode enable. If the inviter has rights to make the invitation, the channel will return a token. The token is a string that the channel can subsequently use to validate an invitation. The format of the token is not specified in this standard. The encoded token MAY reflect a validity time.

Example 48. Inviter Requests and Receives Invitation

<iq from='hag66@shakespeare.lit/pda'
    id='kl2fax27'
    to='coven@mix.shakespeare.lit'
    type='get'>
  <query xmlns='urn:xmpp:mix:0#request-invitation'/>
  <invitee>cat@shakespeare.lit</invitee>
</iq>


<iq from='coven@mix.shakespeare.lit'
    id='kl2fax27'
    to='hag66@shakespeare.lit/pda'
    type='result'>
  <query xmlns='urn:xmpp:mix:0#request-invitation'>
        <invitation>
           <inviter>hag66@shakespeare.lit</inviter>
           <invitee>cat@shakespeare.lit</invitee>
           <channel>coven@mix.shakespeare.lit</channel>
           <token>ABCDEF</token>
        </invitation>
</iq>

The inviter can now send the invitee a message containing the invitation, as shown in the following example.

Example 49. Inviter sends Invitation to Invitee

<message from='hag66@shakespeare.lit/pda'
    id='foo'
    to='cat@shakespeare.lit'>
    <body>Would you like to join the coven?<body>
    <invitation xmlns='urn:xmpp:mix:0'> 
        <inviter>hag66@shakespeare.lit</inviter>
        <invitee>cat@shakespeare.lit</invitee>
        <channel>coven@mix.shakespeare.lit</channel>
        <token>ABCDEF</token>
   </invitation>
</iq>

The invitation can now be used by the invitee to join a channel. The invitation is simply added to the standard channel join, so that the channel can validate the invitation using the token. If the allowed node is present and the invitee is not matched against any item, the channel MUST add the invitee to the allowed node as part of the join.

Example 50. User Joins a Channel with an Invitation

<iq type='set'
    from='cat@shakespeare.example'
    to='coven@mix.shakespeare.example'
    id='E6E10350-76CF-40C6-B91B-1EA08C332FC7'>
  <join xmlns='urn:xmpp:mix:0'>
    <subscribe node='urn:xmpp:mix:nodes:messages'/>
    <invitation> 
        <inviter>hag66@shakespeare.lit</inviter>
        <invitee>cat@shakespeare.lit</invitee>
        <channel>coven@mix.shakespeare.lit</channel>
        <token>ABCDEF</token>
   </invitation>
  </join>
</iq>

The invitee may send an acknowledgement back to the inviter, noting the status of the invitation. Values are:

• 'Joined': The invitee has joined the channel.
• 'Declined': The invitee is not taking up the invitation.
• 'Acknowledged': The invitation is acknowledged, without information on action taken or planned.

Example 51. Invitee sends Acknowledgement to Inviter

<message from='cat@shakespeare.lit/miaow'
    id='bar'
    to='hag66@shakespeare.lit/pda'>
    <body>No Thanks - too busy chasing mice....<body>
    <invitation-ack xmlns='urn:xmpp:mix:0'>
        <value>Declined</value>
        <invitation> 
             <inviter>hag66@shakespeare.lit</inviter>
             <invitee>cat@shakespeare.lit</invitee>
              <channel>coven@mix.shakespeare.lit</channel>
              <token>ABCDEF</token>
         </invitation>
     </invitation-ack>
</iq>

5.1.16 Sending Private Messages

Private Messages are used to provide communication with another channel participant through the MIX channel, without the initiating user knowing the real JID of the channel participant. A channel MAY support use of Private Messages. Private messages are standard XMPP messages. A message goes through a number of stages with different addressing. This is set out in the following table.

Private Messages MAY be archived using MAM by the XMPP servers associated with initiator and responder. Private Messages MUST NOT be archived by the MIX channel.

5.1.17 Requesting vCard

A user may request the vCard of a channel participant by sending a request through the channel. The request may be sent directly by the client or through a MIX Proxy. The MIX channel MAY pass this request on or may block it. In the following example, the requesting client sends a message to the anonymized bare JID of the channel participant for which the vCard is desired.

Example 52. Client directly requests vCard through channel

<iq from='hag66@shakespeare.example/intibo24'
    id='lx09df27'
    to='coven+989898@mix.shakespeare.example'
    type='get'>
  <vCard xmlns='vcard-temp'/>
</iq>

The MIX channel MAY pass on the vCard request or may reject with an error, dependent on channel policy. The MIX service will then address the vCard request to the MIX proxy (bare JID) using an anonymous full proxy JID to hide the requester.

Example 53. Channel passes on vCard request to MIX Proxy

<iq from='coven+123456@mix.shakespeare.example/6789'
    id='lx09df27'
    to='peter@shakespeare.lit'
    type='get'>
  <vCard xmlns='vcard-temp'/>
</iq>

The MIX Proxy, on behalf of the user, MAY send a response or reject with an error. The MIX Proxy will send the vCard back to the channel.

Example 54. Service responds with Disco Info result

<iq from='peter@shakespeare.lit'
    id='lx09df27'
    to='coven+123456@mix.shakespeare.example/6789'
    type='result'>
    <vCard xmlns='vcard-temp'>
    <FN>Peter Saint-Andre</FN>
    <N>
      <FAMILY>Saint-Andre</FAMILY>
      <GIVEN>Peter</GIVEN>
      <MIDDLE/>
    </N>
    <NICKNAME>stpeter</NICKNAME>
    <URL>http://www.xmpp.org/xsf/people/stpeter.shtml</URL>
  </vCard>
    
  <query xmlns='http://jabber.org/protocol/disco#info'>
</iq>

The MIX channel will then send the vCard response to the requesting client on behalf of the client sending the response.

Example 55. Service responds with Disco Info result

<iq from='coven+989898@mix.shakespeare.example'
    id='lx09df27'
    to='hag66@shakespeare.example/intibo24'
    type='result'>
 <vCard xmlns='vcard-temp'>
    <FN>Peter Saint-Andre</FN>
    <N>
      <FAMILY>Saint-Andre</FAMILY>
      <GIVEN>Peter</GIVEN>
      <MIDDLE/>
    </N>
    <NICKNAME>stpeter</NICKNAME>
    <URL>http://www.xmpp.org/xsf/people/stpeter.shtml</URL>
  </vCard>   
</iq>

5.3.1 Checking For Permission To Create a Channel

MIX does not standardize an access control model for creating and deleting MIX channels. The choice is left to the MIX implementer, and could be a very simple or complex approach.

AUTHOR'S NOTE: MIX Protocol to be added to create channel; check for permission to create channel; delete channel

Example 56.

5.3.2 Creating a Channel

AUTHOR'S NOTE: Dave Cridland has suggested the following protocol. <iq to='mix.cridland.im' type='set'> <create channel='some-room-here@mix.cridland.im' xmlns='urn:xmpp:mix:0'> <optional-configuration-form/> </create> </iq>

Example 57.

5.3.3 Creating a Channel for Ad Hoc User

Rooms may be created for ad hoc use between a set of users. Channels of this nature will have channel name created by the server and will not be addressable or discoverable.

Example 58.

5.3.4 Configuring a Channel

Channel jid is set on channel creation and may not be changed. All other channel may be changed if channel configuration allows.

AUTHOR'S NOTE: Allow configuration by direct writes to 'urn:xmpp:mix:nodes:config' . Also specify MIX XEP-0004 commands to achieve this.

Example 59.

5.3.5 Destroying a Channel

MIX channels are always explicitly destroyed by an owner of the channel or by a server operator. There is no concept of temporary channel, equivalent to Multi-User Chat (XEP-0045) [34] temporary room which is automatically destroyed by the server when the users leave. However, channels may be configured with an explicit lifetime, after which the channel MUST be removed by the MIX server. Where a channel is created for ad hoc use, it may be desirable to keep the channel for history reference or for re-use by the same set of users.

Note that the owner of the channel does not need to have presence registered in the channel in order to destroy it.

AUTHOR'S NOTE: More TBS

Example 60.

5.3.6 Server Destroying a Channel

Servers may destroy channels which have no participants and/or presence according to local policy. There will often be good reasons to not destroy rooms in these scenarios.

5.3.7 Modifying User Affiliations

Example 61.

5.3.8 Removing a User From a Channel (Kicking)

Example 62.

Clarification of MIX Proxy concept; Clarify node definitions; Make all nodes optional; Merge ACL node into configuration node; Add information node including avatar; Resolve 4.1 question by accepting provisional answer; Add discovery examples; setting and sharing Subject; Protocol to request channel information and participants; vCard Request; Private Messages; Set user preferences with XEP-0004; Remove references to member and occupant; Add Role Definition; Add Banned and Allowed Nodes; Update Configuration Definition;Add information on original id to message reflected back to sender Add XEP-0372 mechanism to reference channel and informal invite; Channel Invitations

Introduce MIX Proxy concept. Add MIX capability in client discovery.

Addressing comments from review of 0.2 and expansion/clarification of MUC/MIX dual working

Cleanup, use precis nickname for nicknames, and allow multiple subject languages.

Phrasing and grammar.

Includes Link Mauve (Emmanuel Gil PEYROT) editorial changes

Significant update based on XMPP Summit discussions

Fix XML in join example.

Initial published version approved by the XMPP Council.

First draft.