Re: Proposed XMPP Extension: XMPP Decentralized ID (XID)

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From: Goffi <[email protected]>
To: XMPP Standards <[email protected]>
Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2026 12:58:27 +0200
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
In-Reply-To: <[email protected]>
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Hi,

Sorry for the late answer.

Le mardi 9 juin 2026, 17:29:38 heure d=E2=80=99=C3=A9t=C3=A9 d=E2=80=99Euro=
pe centrale snit via=20
Standards a =C3=A9crit :
> Just a bit of bikeshedding (I'm not gigabrain enough to comment on much e=
lse=20
here), but I would really prefer the term XDID over XID.=20
> I frequently see XID used as a synonym of JID in various communities for=
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various reasons, and it'd be annoying to assign an unrelated but similar=20
meaning to the term at the same time.=20
> Furthermore, the term XID omits the one word that even differentiates it =
from=20
the existing XID/JIDs: decentralisation. Why pretend the most important par=
t=20
doesn't matter?
> This was brought up in the XSF MUC, for which the only response was that=
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XDID is "uglier" than XID. I don't think we should be prioritising aestheti=
c=20
over meaningful and unambiguous terminology.

The actual response was to ask if "XID" was used in any spec or if there ar=
e=20
proof that it's widely used (and this has not been answered as far as I can=
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tell). The official acronym for XMPP identifier is `JID` for historical rea=
sons.

XDID would actually be confusing with https://www.w3.org/TR/did-1.0/ that w=
as=20
mentioned elsewhere in this thread.

"Ugly" is not prioritizing aesthetic: if humans have to share this ID, a us=
er-
friendly name is better.

However, I'm not fully opposed to change the name, but I find "XID" quite g=
ood,=20
and I don't recall seeing it used instead of "JID" (I sometime see the larg=
er=20
form "XMPP ID").

We can see during experimental phase if it is really confusing and causing=
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troubles, in which case another names will be explored.

Best,
Goffi
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