Re: Request to reactivate XEP-0346: Form Discovery and Publishing
Edward Tie via Standards <[email protected]> Mon, 1 Jun 2026 20:45:53 +0200
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--===============6828379343909345552== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=Apple-Mail-A4111295-FF66-4156-92ED-5129BB66533C Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit --Apple-Mail-A4111295-FF66-4156-92ED-5129BB66533C Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html class=3D"apple-mail-supports-explicit-dark-mode"><head><meta http-equi= v=3D"content-type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3Dutf-8"></head><body dir=3D= "auto">Yes. Not only for nato but it would used for poll vote and <span= style=3D"font-family: inherit; font-size: var(--Ia70Xd); -webkit-tap-highli= ght-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">questionnaire&= nbsp;</span>for group. <br><div dir=3D"ltr">Verstuurd vanaf mijn iPhone= </div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br><blockquote type=3D"cite">Op 1 jun 2026 om 19:59 h= eeft Dave Cridland <[email protected]> het volgende geschreven:<br><br= ></blockquote></div><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div dir=3D"ltr">=EF=BB=BF<div= dir=3D"ltr">Hi Edward,<div><br></div><div>In addition to Goffi's process su= ggestions, I know of at least two server implementations of XEP-0346, one in= Isode's M-Link and one by NATO that is a plugin for Openfire. Neither are p= ublicly available, but it may be worthwhile investigating whether this actua= lly conform to the specification, since I believe they are interoperable.</d= iv><div><br></div><div>Kev Smith, the author of FDP, works for Isode so that= side of things should be easy.</div><div><br></div><div>Dave.</div></div><b= r><div class=3D"gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D= "gmail_attr">On Mon, 1 Jun 2026 at 04:06, Edward Tie via Standards <<a hr= ef=3D"mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>> wrote:<br></div>= <blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-l= eft:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Hello Council and XEP Edito= rs,<br> <br> I would like to request reactivation of XEP-0346: Form Discovery and <br> Publishing.<br> <br> The XEP is currently Deferred due to lack of activity. We are building <br> an alpha/prototype XMPP client, Tiedragon Teletyptel 2.0, and during <br> implementation of poll support we found that XEP-0346 is highly relevant <br= > as a general mechanism for discovering and publishing forms.<br> <br> Our current implementation is not production-ready, but we have running <br>= code and a concrete use case:<br> <br> - user-facing polls in 1:1 and MUC conversations<br> - form templates based on XEP-0004<br> - possible publication/discovery through PubSub<br> - accessibility and total-conversation workflows where structured forms <br>= are useful beyond polls<br> <br> We do not want to depend on a Deferred XEP as if it were stable. <br> Instead, we would like to help revive discussion and provide <br> implementation feedback from an alpha implementation.<br> <br> The initial use case is poll creation and voting, but the broader need <br> is reusable form discovery/publishing for XMPP applications.<br> <br> Would the Council / Editors be open to moving XEP-0346 back to <br> Experimental if we submit a substantive update or implementation notes?<br> <br> If useful, I can prepare a pull request with:<br> - updated motivation and modern use cases<br> - security/privacy considerations<br> - relationship to XEP-0004 and XEP-0060<br> - implementation experience from Teletyptel 2.0<br> - clarification of poll-style usage without making polls the only use case<b= r> <br> Kind regards,<br> <br> Edward Tie<br> Tiedragon<br> <br> _______________________________________________<br> Standards mailing list -- <a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_b= lank">[email protected]</a><br> To unsubscribe send an email to <a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" t= arget=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a><br> </blockquote></div> <span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>Standa= rds mailing list -- [email protected]</span><br><span>To unsubscribe send a= n email to [email protected]</span><br></div></blockquote></body></ht= ml>= --Apple-Mail-A4111295-FF66-4156-92ED-5129BB66533C-- --===============6828379343909345552== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline _______________________________________________ Standards mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] --===============6828379343909345552==--