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Common Profile for Instant Messaging (CPIM)

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Network Working Group                                        J. Peterson
Request for Comments: 3860                                       NeuStar
Category: Standards Track                                    August 2004


              Common Profile for Instant Messaging (CPIM)

Status of this Memo

   This document specifies an Internet standards track protocol for the
   Internet community, and requests discussion and suggestions for
   improvements.  Please refer to the current edition of the "Internet
   Official Protocol Standards" (STD 1) for the standardization state
   and status of this protocol.  Distribution of this memo is unlimited.

Copyright Notice

   Copyright (C) The Internet Society (2004).

Abstract

   At the time this document was written, numerous instant messaging
   protocols were in use, and little interoperability between services
   based on these protocols has been achieved.  This specification
   defines common semantics and data formats for instant messaging to
   facilitate the creation of gateways between instant messaging
   services.

Table of Contents

   1.  Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  2
   2.  Terminology  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  3
   3.  Abstract Instant Messaging Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  4
       3.1.  Overview of Instant Messaging Service  . . . . . . . . .  4
       3.2.  Identification of INSTANT INBOXes  . . . . . . . . . . .  5
             3.2.1.  Address Resolution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  5
       3.3.  Format of Instant Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  5
       3.4.  The Messaging Service  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  5
             3.4.1.  The Message Operation  . . . . . . . . . . . . .  5
             3.4.2.  Looping  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  6
   4.  Security Considerations  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  7
   5.  IANA Considerations  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  8
       5.1.  The IM URI Scheme. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  8
   6.  Contributors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  8
   7.  References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  9
       7.1.  Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  9
       7.2.  Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  9




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