Re: The role of transfer protocols

David Hull wrote:

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> Whether it makes sense to build message delivery on top of document 
> transfer protocols depends on what you're trying to move where and what 
> tools are available.  I certainly wouldn't rule it out, but I would also 
> look for more appropriate solutions, which is one reason I'm currently 
> poring over SOAP/XMPP and SOAP/BEEP.

You might indeed look into XMPP (RFC 3920), the SOAP XMPP Binding 
(JEP-0072), and the XMPP extension for advanced message processing 
(JEP-0079):

RFC 3920: http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3920.txt
JEP-0072: http://www.jabber.org/jeps/jep-0072.html
JEP-0079: http://www.jabber.org/jeps/jep-0079.html

We developed JEP-0079 with input from the creator of BEEP, so I think it 
does most of the key stuff you'd want for message-level acks and such.

Peter

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Peter Saint-Andre
Jabber Software Foundation
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