RFC 3859 on Common Profile for Presence (CPP)

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        RFC 3859

        Title:      Common Profile for Presence (CPP)
        Author(s):  J. Peterson
        Status:     Standards Track
        Date:       August 2004
        Mailbox:    jon.peterson@neustar.biz
        Pages:      15
        Characters: 30537
        Updates/Obsoletes/SeeAlso:    None

        I-D Tag:    draft-ietf-impp-pres-04.txt

        URL:        ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc3859.txt

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

This document is a product of the Instant Messaging and Presence
Protocol Working Group of the IETF.

This is now a Proposed Standard Protocol.

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
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