XMPP, a solid, actively developed protocol base for IM2000?

taking up wes' invitation to study XMPP, i visited newsgroup
gmane.ietf.xmpp on http://news.gmane.org/gmane.ietf.xmpp and IMO this
could be a worthwhile effort to make IM2000 a definition within the
XMPP framework.

here are excerpts that might be useful, together with their URLs.
note that the XMPP working group is very active, and new refinements
to some draft overtake each other within days.  i think this is a good
opportunity to tackle the technical aspect of IM2000, leaving all the
legalese aside without loosing that perspective.

  clemens

PS:  from gmane.ietf.xmpp:

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Subject: I-D ACTION:draft-ietf-xmpp-core-18.txt
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Date: Mon, 08 Sep 2003 10:06:28 -0400
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A New Internet-Draft is available from the on-line Internet-Drafts directories.
This draft is a work item of the Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol Working Group of the IETF.

	Title		: XMPP Core
	Author(s)	: P. Saint-Andre, J. Miller
	Filename	: draft-ietf-xmpp-core-18.txt
	Pages		: 95
	Date		: 2003-9-8
	
This document describes the core features of the Extensible Messaging
and Presence Protocol (XMPP), a protocol for streaming XML [1]
elements in order to exchange messages and presence information in
close to real time. While XMPP provides a generalized, extensible
framework for transporting structured information, it is used mainly
for the purpose of building instant messaging and presence
applications that meet the requirements of RFC 2779.

A URL for this Internet-Draft is:
http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-xmpp-core-18.txt

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Subject: I-D ACTION:draft-ietf-xmpp-im-17.txt
Newsgroups: gmane.ietf.xmpp
Cc: [email protected]
Date: Mon, 08 Sep 2003 10:06:33 -0400
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A New Internet-Draft is available from the on-line Internet-Drafts directories.
This draft is a work item of the Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol Working Group of the IETF.

	Title		: XMPP Instant Messaging
	Author(s)	: P. Saint-Andre, J. Miller
	Filename	: draft-ietf-xmpp-im-17.txt
	Pages		: 118
	Date		: 2003-9-8
	
This document describes specific extensions to and applications of
the core features of the Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol
(XMPP Core [1]) that provide the basic instant messaging and presence
functionality defined in RFC 2779 [2].

A URL for this Internet-Draft is:
http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-xmpp-im-17.txt

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Subject: I-D ACTION:draft-saintandre-xmpp-uri-00.txt
Newsgroups: gmane.ietf.xmpp
Cc: [email protected]
Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2003 09:41:19 -0400
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A New Internet-Draft is available from the on-line Internet-Drafts directories.


	Title		: XMPP URI Format
	Author(s)	: P. Saint-Andre
	Filename	: draft-saintandre-xmpp-uri-00.txt
	Pages		: 11
	Date		: 2003-9-12
	
This document defines a URI scheme to address entities that can
communicate via the Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol
(XMPP).

A URL for this Internet-Draft is:
http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-saintandre-xmpp-uri-00.txt

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Subject: I-D ACTION:draft-ietf-xmpp-e2e-05.txt
Newsgroups: gmane.ietf.xmpp
Cc: [email protected]
Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2003 12:30:07 -0400
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A New Internet-Draft is available from the on-line Internet-Drafts directories.
This draft is a work item of the Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol Working Group of the IETF.

	Title		: End-to-End Object Encryption in XMPP
	Author(s)	: P. Saint-Andre
	Filename	: draft-ietf-xmpp-e2e-05.txt
	Pages		: 26
	Date		: 2003-8-25
	
This document defines a method for end-to-end object signing and
encryption in the Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP).

A URL for this Internet-Draft is:
http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-xmpp-e2e-05.txt

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Subject: I-D ACTION:draft-ietf-xmpp-cpim-02.txt
Newsgroups: gmane.ietf.xmpp
Cc: [email protected]
Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2003 12:30:17 -0400
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A New Internet-Draft is available from the on-line Internet-Drafts directories.
This draft is a work item of the Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol Working Group of the IETF.

	Title		: XMPP CPIM Mapping
	Author(s)	: P. Saint-Andre, T. Bamonti
	Filename	: draft-ietf-xmpp-cpim-02.txt
	Pages		: 41
	Date		: 2003-8-25
	
This document describes a mapping of the Extensible Messaging and
Presence Protocol (XMPP) to the Common Presence and Instant Messaging
(CPIM) specifications.

A URL for this Internet-Draft is:
http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-xmpp-cpim-02.txt