Re: UPDATED: XEP-0511 (Link Metadata)

Stephen Paul Weber <[email protected]> Sun, 15 Mar 2026 23:23:49 +0000
Newsgroups gmane.network.jabber.standards-jig
Message-ID <[email protected]>
>It would be nice to add a sample with two links and sample with two 
>languages for the same link.

Would be xml:lang srme as body.

>For the Security Considerations it should be mentioned that this can be
>used for phishing: you are sending a link to a fake site but the thumbnails 
>and metadata will say "This is your bank". Another one problem is that the 
>image URL can be used for tracking so that when a client tries to fetch it 
>an attacker will see IP of a receiver.

Yes. The XEP already mentions both of these.

>The sample has a lot of images and it may be not clear which one to 
>support:

Any or none. They are just examples.

>And last question: do we have any implementation of the XEP? I may add it 
>to the Spark (Java+Smack) to test the specification and provide a feedback.  
>But if this was already implemented I would rather see it in action.

Yes, Cheogram Android, Monocles, and Cheogram WWW all have it. And Gajim in 
at least nightly.
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