The name Jabber is actually the original name for the IETF XMPP protocols (RFC 3920-3923). Since Jabber is by far a better name than XMPP, the original name has stuck. This protocol was originally designed to be a decentralized, nonproprietary, open-standards messaging and presence framework. It supports offline message deliv- ery and encryption, and has grown to include voice messaging, which Asterisk sup- ports. It is interesting to note that in the beginning, Jabber was seen as a competitor to the SIMPLE protocol, which is SIP-based. XMPP is designed as a more general protocol, and is of course XML-based. |
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