Re: distributed WKEs

> If that is the case, the Presence Service is logically a single endpoint,
> but physically might be distributed across multiple processes.  Assuming
> that the Service is stateful (which I believe is true of the Presence
> Service), how is it envisioned that the service would operate internally?
I
> can think of ways to implement such a distributed service (the instances
of
> the service could consult a common datastore, or communicate with each
other
> to synchronize state).  But if work has already been done in this area,
I'd
> like to leverage it...

hi. the short answer is "this is a local implementation issue". it comes up
from time to time.

the apex spec says how consumers talk to providers, but it doesn't give any
guidance as to how to build a distributed provider within an administrative
domain. i know that bob wyman has been thinking about this for a while
too...

/mtr