Network Working Group                                     H. Schulzrinne
Request for Comments: 4480                                   Columbia U.
Category: Standards Track                                     V. Gurbani
                                                                 Lucent
                                                             P. Kyzivat
                                                           J. Rosenberg
                                                                  Cisco
                                                              July 2006


                RPID: Rich Presence Extensions to the
               Presence Information Data Format (PIDF)

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 (2006).

Abstract

  The Presence Information Data Format (PIDF) defines a basic format
  for representing presence information for a presentity.  This format
  defines a textual note, an indication of availability (open or
  closed) and a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) for communication.
  The Rich Presence Information Data format (RPID) described here is an
  extension that adds optional elements to the Presence Information
  Data Format (PIDF).  These extensions provide additional information
  about the presentity and its contacts.  The information is designed
  so that much of it can be derived automatically, e.g., from calendar
  files or user activity.

  This extension includes information about what the person is doing, a
  grouping identifier for a tuple, when a service or device was last
  used, the type of place a person is in, what media communications
  might remain private, the relationship of a service tuple to another
  presentity, the person's mood, the time zone it is located in, the
  type of service it offers, an icon reflecting the presentity's
  status, and the overall role of the presentity.

  These extensions include presence information for persons, services
  (tuples), and devices.



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Table of Contents

  1. Introduction ....................................................2
  2. Terminology and Conventions .....................................4
  3. RPID Elements ...................................................4
     3.1. Overview ...................................................4
     3.2. Activities Element .........................................7
     3.3. Class Element .............................................10
     3.4. Device Identifier .........................................10
     3.5. Mood Element ..............................................10
     3.6. Place-is Element ..........................................12
     3.7. Place-type Element ........................................13
     3.8. Privacy Element ...........................................14
     3.9. Relationship Element ......................................15
     3.10. Service Class ............................................15
     3.11. Sphere Element ...........................................16
     3.12. Status-Icon Element ......................................16
     3.13. Time Offset ..............................................17
     3.14. User-Input Element .......................................17
  4. Example ........................................................18
  5. XML Schema Definitions .........................................20
     5.1. urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:pidf:rpid ..........................20
  6. Extending RPID .................................................30
  7. IANA Considerations ............................................31
     7.1. URN Sub-Namespace Registration for ........................31
          'urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:pidf:rpid'
     7.2. Schema Registration for Schema ............................32
          'urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:pidf:status:rpid'
  8. Internationalization Considerations ............................32
  9. Security Considerations ........................................32
  10. References ....................................................33
     10.1. Normative References .....................................33
     10.2. Informative References ...................................34
  Appendix A.  Acknowledgements .....................................35

1.  Introduction

  The Presence Information Data Format (PIDF) definition [8] describes
  a basic presence information data format, encoded as an Extensible
  Markup Language (XML) [9] (SCHEMA-1 [10]) (SCHEMA-2 [11]), for
  exchanging presence information in systems compliant with the common
  model for presence and instant messaging [5].  It consists of a
  <presence> root element, zero or more <tuple> elements carrying
  presence information including a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI)
  for communication, zero or more <note> elements, and zero or more
  extension elements from other name spaces.  Each tuple defines a
  basic status of either "open" or "closed".




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  However, it is frequently useful to convey additional information
  about a user that needs to be interpreted by an automata, and is
  therefore not appropriate to be placed in the <note> element of the
  PIDF document, which is typically intended for the human observer.
  Therefore, this specification defines extensions to the PIDF document
  format for conveying richer presence information.  Generally, the
  extensions have been chosen to provide features common in existing
  presence systems at the time of writing, in addition to elements that
  could readily be derived automatically from existing sources of
  presence, such as calendaring systems or communication devices, or
  sources describing the user's current physical environment.

  The presence data model [16] defines the concepts of service, device,
  and person as the data elements that are used to model the state of a
  presentity.  (The term "presentity" is defined in RFC 2778 [5] and
  abbreviates presence entity.  A presentity provides presence
  information to a presence service.)  Services are encoded using the
  <tuple> element, defined in PIDF; devices and persons are represented
  by the <device> and <person> XML elements, respectively, defined in
  the data model [16].  However, neither PIDF nor the data model
  defines presence attributes beyond the <basic> status element.

  This specification defines additional presence attributes to describe
  person, service, and device data elements, summarized as "Rich
  Presence Information Data format for presence" (RPID).  These
  attributes are specified by XML elements that extend the PIDF <tuple>
  element and the <device> and <person> elements defined in the data
  model.

  This extension has two main goals:

  1.  Provide rich presence information that is at least as powerful as
      common commercial presence systems.  Such feature-parity
      simplifies transition to systems complying with the Common
      Profile for Instant Messaging (CPIM) [14], both in terms of user
      acceptance and protocol conversion.

  2.  Maintain backward-compatibility with PIDF, so that PIDF-only
      watchers and gateways can continue to function properly,
      naturally without access to the functionality described here.

  We make no assumptions as to how the information in the RPID elements
  is generated.  Experience has shown that users are not always
  diligent about updating their presence status.  Thus, we want to make
  it as easy as possible to derive RPID information from other
  information sources, such as personal calendars, the status of
  communication devices such as telephones, typing activity, and




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  physical presence detectors as commonly found in energy-management
  systems.

  Many of the elements correspond to data commonly found in personal
  calendars.  Thus, we attempted to align some of the extensions with
  the usage found in calendar formats such as iCal [13].

  The information in a presence document can be generated by a single
  entity or can be composed from information published by multiple
  entities.

  Note that PIDF documents and this extension can be used in two
  different contexts, namely, by the presentity to publish its presence
  status and by the presence server to notify some set of watchers.
  The presence server MAY compose, translate, or filter the published
  presence state before delivering customized presence information to
  the watcher.  For example, it may merge presence information from
  multiple presence user agents, remove whole elements, translate
  values in elements, or remove information from elements.  Mechanisms
  that filter calls and other communications to the presentity can
  subscribe to this presence information just like a regular watcher
  and in turn generate automated rules, such as scripts [15], that
  govern the actual communications behavior of the presentity.  Details
  are described in the data model document.

  Since RPID is a PIDF XML document, it also uses the content type
  application/pidf+xml.

2.  Terminology and Conventions

  This memo makes use of the vocabulary defined in the IMPP model
  document [5].  Terms such as CLOSED, INSTANT MESSAGE, OPEN, PRESENCE
  SERVICE, PRESENTITY, WATCHER, and WATCHER USER AGENT in the memo are
  used in the same meaning as defined therein.

  The key words MUST, MUST NOT, REQUIRED, SHOULD, SHOULD NOT,
  RECOMMENDED, MAY, and OPTIONAL in this document are to be interpreted
  as described in BCP 14, RFC 2119 [1].

3.  RPID Elements

3.1.  Overview

  Some of the RPID elements describe services, some devices, and some
  the person.  As such, they either extend <tuple>, <device>, or
  <person>, respectively.  Below, we summarize the RPID elements.  The
  next sections will then provide more detailed descriptions.




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  activities:  The <activities> status element enumerates what the
     person is doing.

  class:  An identifier that groups similar person elements, devices,
     or services.

  deviceID:  A device identifier in a tuple references a <device>
     element, indicating that this device contributes to the service
     described by the tuple.

  mood:  The <mood> status element indicates the mood of the person.

  place-is:  The <place-is> status element reports on the properties of
     the place the presentity is currently at, such as the levels of
     light and noise.

  place-type:  The <place-type> status elements reports the type of
     place the person is located in, such as 'classroom' or 'home'.

  privacy:  The <privacy> element distinguishes whether the
     communication service is likely to be observable by other parties.

  relationship:  When a service is likely to reach a user besides the
     person associated with the presentity, the relationship indicates
     how that user relates to the person.

  service-class:  The <service-class> element describes whether the
     service is delivered electronically, is a postal or delivery
     service, or describes in-person communications.

  sphere:  The <sphere> element characterizes the overall current role
     of the presentity.

  status-icon:  The <status-icon> element depicts the current status of
     the person or service.

  time-offset:  The <time-offset> status element quantifies the time
     zone the person is in, expressed as the number of minutes away
     from UTC.

  user-input:  The <user-input> element records the user-input or usage
     state of the service or device, based on human user input.

  The 'From/until?' column in Table 1 indicates by an 'x' that the
  element can take 'from' and 'until' attributes.  An 'x' in the
  'Note?' column marks elements that can include a <note> element.  The
  usage of these elements within the <person>, <tuple>, and <device>
  elements is shown in columns 4 through 6.  An 'x' in the respective



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  column indicates that the RPID element MAY appear as a child of that
  element.

+-----------------+------------+------+----------+---------+----------+
| Element         | From/until | Note | <person> | <tuple> | <device> |
|                 | ?          | ?    |          |         |          |
+-----------------+------------+------+----------+---------+----------+
| <activities>    |      x     |   x  |     x    |         |          |
| <class>         |            |      |     x    |    x    |     x    |
| <deviceID>      |            |      |          |    x    |          |
| <mood>          |      x     |   x  |     x    |         |          |
| <place-is>      |      x     |   x  |     x    |         |          |
| <place-type>    |      x     |   x  |     x    |         |          |
| <privacy>       |      x     |   x  |     x    |    x    |          |
| <relationship>  |            |   x  |          |    x    |          |
| <service-class> |            |   x  |          |    x    |          |
| <sphere>        |      x     |      |     x    |         |          |
| <status-icon>   |      x     |      |     x    |    x    |          |
| <time-offset>   |      x     |      |     x    |         |          |
| <user-input>    |            |      |     x    |    x    |     x    |
+-----------------+------------+------+----------+---------+----------+

                                 Table 1

  In general, it is unlikely that a presentity will publish or announce
  all of these elements at the same time.  Rather, these elements were
  chosen to give the presentity maximum flexibility in deriving this
  information from existing sources, such as calendaring tools, device
  activity sensors, or location trackers, as well as to manually
  configure this information.  In either case, there is no guarantee
  that the information is accurate, as users forget to update calendars
  or may not always adjust the presence information manually.

  The namespace URIs for these elements defined by this specification
  are URNs [2], using the namespace identifier 'ietf' defined by [4]
  and extended by [6]:

     urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:pidf:rpid

  The elements marked with the value 'x' in column 2 of Table 1 MAY be
  qualified with the 'from' and 'until' attributes to describe the
  absolute time when the element assumed this value and the absolute
  time until which this element is expected to be valid.  Note that
  there can be multiple elements of the same type, whose time ranges
  SHOULD NOT overlap.

  Elements MAY contain an 'id' attribute that allows to uniquely
  reference the element.



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  Enumerations can be extended by elements from other namespaces, as
  described in Section 6.  The <activities>, <mood>, and <place-type>
  elements can also take <other> elements containing text, for custom
  free-text values specific to an application.

  All elements described in this document are optional within PIDF
  documents.

3.2.  Activities Element

  The <activities> element describes what the person is currently
  doing, expressed as an enumeration of activity-describing elements.
  A person can be engaged in multiple activities at the same time,
  e.g., traveling and having a meal.  The <activities> element can be
  quite helpful to the watcher in judging how appropriate a
  communication attempt is and which means of communications is most
  likely to succeed and not annoy the person.  The activity indications
  correspond roughly to the category field in calendar entries, such as
  Section 4.8.1.2 of RFC 2445 [13].

  An activities enumeration consists of one or more elements using
  elements drawn from the list below, a string enclosed in the <other>
  element, or IANA-registered values from other namespaces (Section 7).

  If a person publishes an activity of "permanent-absence", it is
  likely that all services will report a status of CLOSED.  In general,
  services MAY advertise either service status for any activity value.

  Activities such as <appointment>, <breakfast>, <dinner>, <holiday>,
  <lunch>, <meal>, <meeting>, <performance>, <travel>, or <vacation>
  can often be derived from calendar information.

  appointment:  The person has a calendar appointment, without
     specifying exactly of what type.  This activity is indicated if
     more detailed information is not available or the person chooses
     not to reveal more information.

  away:  The person is physically away from all interactive
     communication devices.  This activity element was included since
     it can often be derived automatically from security systems,
     energy management systems, or entry badge systems.  Although this
     activity would typically be associated with a status of CLOSED
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     to discourage communication, but indicate that he or she still can
     be reached if needed.  However, communication attempts might reach
     an answering service, for example.

  breakfast:  The person is eating the first meal of the day, usually
     eaten in the morning.

  busy:  The person is busy, without further details.  Although this
     activity would typically be associated with a status of CLOSED
     across all services, a person may declare himself or herself busy
     to discourage communication, but indicate that he or she still can
     be reached if needed.

  dinner:  The person is having his or her main meal of the day, eaten
     in the evening or at midday.

  holiday:  This is a scheduled national or local holiday.

  in-transit:  The person is riding in a vehicle, such as a car, but
     not steering.  The <place-type> element provides more specific
     information about the type of conveyance the person is using.

  looking-for-work:  The presentity is looking for (paid) work.

  lunch:  The person is eating his or her midday meal.

  meal:  The person is scheduled for a meal, without specifying whether
     it is breakfast, lunch, or dinner, or some other meal.

  meeting:  The person is in an assembly or gathering of people, as for
     a business, social, or religious purpose.  A meeting is a sub-
     class of an appointment.

  on-the-phone:  The person is talking on the telephone.  This activity
     is included since it can often be derived automatically.

  other:  The person is engaged in an activity with no defined
     representation as an <activities> element.  The enclosed string
     describes the activity in plain text.

  performance:  A performance is a sub-class of an appointment and
     includes musical, theatrical, and cinematic performances as well
     as lectures.  It is distinguished from a meeting by the fact that
     the person may either be lecturing or be in the audience, with a
     potentially large number of other people, making interruptions
     particularly noticeable.





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  permanent-absence:  The person will not return for the foreseeable
     future, e.g., because it is no longer working for the company.
     This activity is associated with a status of CLOSED across all
     services.

  playing:  The person is occupying himself or herself in amusement,
     sport, or other recreation.

  presentation:  The person is giving a presentation, lecture, or
     participating in a formal round-table discussion.

  shopping:  The person is visiting stores in search of goods or
     services.

  sleeping:  This activity category can often be generated
     automatically from a calendar, local time information, or
     biometric data.

  spectator:  The person is observing an event, such as a sports event.

  steering:  The person is controlling a vehicle, watercraft, or plane.

  travel:  The person is on a business or personal trip, but not
     necessarily in-transit.

  tv:  The person is watching television.

  unknown:  The activity of the person is unknown.  This element is
     generally not used together with other activities.

  vacation:  A period of time devoted to pleasure, rest, or relaxation.

  working:  The presentity is engaged in, typically paid, labor, as
     part of a profession or job.

  worship:  The presentity is participating in religious rites.

  The <activities> element MAY be qualified with the 'from' and 'until'
  attributes as described in Section 3.1.

  Example:

    <activities>
      <note>Enjoying the morning paper</note>
      <vacation/>
      <breakfast/>
      <other>reading</other>
    </activities>



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3.3.  Class Element

  The <class> element describes the class of the service, device, or
  person.  Multiple elements can have the same class name within a
  presence document, but each person, service, or device can only have
  one class label.  The naming of classes is left to the presentity.
  The presentity can use this information to group similar services,
  devices, or person elements or to convey information that the
  presence agent can use for filtering or authorization.  This
  information is not generally presented to the watcher user interface.

  The <class> element MUST NOT be qualified with the 'from' and 'until'
  attributes as described in Section 3.1.

3.4.  Device Identifier

  The <deviceID> element in the <tuple> element references the device
  that provides a particular service.  The element is defined
  syntactically in the data model [16] schema.  One service can be
  provided by multiple devices, so that each service tuple may contain
  zero or more <deviceID> elements.  There is no significance in the
  order of these elements.

  The <deviceID> element MUST NOT be qualified with the 'from' and
  'until' attributes as described in Section 3.1.

3.5.  Mood Element

  The <mood> element describes the mood of the presentity.  The mood
  values are enumerated chosen by the presentity.  The mood itself is
  provided as the element name of a defined child element of the <mood>
  element (e.g., <happy/>); one such child element is REQUIRED.  The
  user MAY also specify a natural-language description of, or reason
  for, the mood in the <note> child of the <mood> element, which is
  OPTIONAL.  (This definition follows the Jabber Extension JEP-107.)
  It is RECOMMENDED that an implementation support the mood values
  proposed in Jabber Extension JEP-0107, which in turn are a superset
  of the Wireless Village [18] mood values and the values enumerated in
  the Affective Knowledge Representation that has been defined by
  Lisetti [17]:

  A mood enumeration consists of one or more elements using elements
  drawn from the list below, a string enclosed in the <other> element,
  or IANA-registered values from other namespaces (Section 7).

  The <mood> element MAY be qualified with the 'from' and 'until'
  attributes as described in Section 3.1.




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  o  afraid
  o  amazed
  o  angry
  o  annoyed
  o  anxious
  o  ashamed
  o  bored
  o  brave
  o  calm
  o  cold
  o  confused
  o  contented
  o  cranky
  o  curious
  o  depressed
  o  disappointed
  o  disgusted
  o  distracted
  o  embarrassed
  o  excited
  o  flirtatious
  o  frustrated
  o  grumpy
  o  guilty
  o  happy
  o  hot
  o  humbled
  o  humiliated
  o  hungry
  o  hurt
  o  impressed
  o  in_awe
  o  in_love
  o  indignant
  o  interested
  o  invincible
  o  jealous
  o  lonely
  o  mean
  o  moody
  o  nervous
  o  neutral
  o  offended
  o  other
  o  playful
  o  proud
  o  relieved
  o  remorseful



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  o  restless
  o  sad
  o  sarcastic
  o  serious
  o  shocked
  o  shy
  o  sick
  o  sleepy
  o  stressed
  o  surprised
  o  thirsty
  o  unknown
  o  worried

  Example:

    <mood>
      <note>I'm ready for the bar BOF!</note>
      <sleepy/>
      <thirsty/>
    </mood>

3.6.  Place-is Element

  The <place-is> element describes properties of the place the person
  is currently at.  This offers the watcher an indication of what kind
  of communication is likely to be successful.  Each major media type
  has its own set of attributes.  Omitting the element indicates that
  the property is unknown.

  For audio, we define the following attributes:

  noisy:  The person is in a place with a level of background noise
     that makes audio communications difficult.

  ok:  The environmental conditions are suitable for audio
     communications.

  quiet:  The person is in a place such as a library, restaurant, place
     of worship, or theater that discourages noise, conversation, and
     other distractions.

  unknown:  The place attributes for audio are unknown.

  For video, we define the following attributes:

  toobright:  The person is in a bright place, sufficient for good
     rendering on video.



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  ok:  The environmental conditions are suitable for video.

  dark:  The person is in a dark place, and thus the camera may not be
     able to capture a good image.

  unknown:  The place attributes for video are unknown.

  For text (real-time text and instant messaging), we define

  uncomfortable:  Typing or other text entry is uncomfortable.

  inappropriate:  Typing or other text entry is inappropriate, e.g.,
     since the user is in a vehicle or house of worship.

  ok:  The environmental conditions are suitable for text-based
     communications.

  unknown:  The place attributes for text are unknown.

  This list can be augmented by free-text values in a note or
  additional IANA-registered values (Section 7).

  The <place-is> element contains other elements, e.g.,

    <place-is>
      <audio>
        <noisy />
      </audio>
      <video>
        <dark />
      </video>
    </place-is>

  The <place-is> element MAY be qualified with the 'from' and 'until'
  attributes as described in Section 3.1.

3.7.  Place-type Element

  The <place-type> element describes the type of place the person is
  currently at.  This offers the watcher an indication of what kind of
  communication is likely to be appropriate.  The initial set of values
  is contained in RFC 4589 [12].

  This list can be augmented by free-text values or additional IANA-
  registered values as described in RFC 4589.






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  The <place-type> element is a choice of elements, as in

    <place-type>
         <pt:street/>
    </place-type>

  The <place-type> element MAY be qualified with the 'from' and 'until'
  attributes as described in Section 3.1.

3.8.  Privacy Element

  The <privacy> element indicates which types of communication third
  parties in the vicinity of the presentity are unlikely to be able to
  intercept accidentally or intentionally.  This does not in any way
  describe the privacy properties of the electronic communication
  channel, e.g., properties of the encryption algorithm or the network
  protocol used.

  audio: Inappropriate individuals are not likely to overhear audio
     communications.

  text:  Inappropriate individuals are not likely to see text
     communications.

  unknown:  This information is unknown.

  video:  Inappropriate individuals are not likely to see video
     communications.

     The <privacy> element can be used by logic executing on the
     watcher or by a composer to filter, sort and label tuples.  For
     example, a composer may have rules that limit the publication of
     tuples labeled "private" to a select subset of the watchers.

  The <privacy> element MAY be qualified with the 'from' and 'until'
  attributes as described in Section 3.1.

  Example:

    <privacy>
      <text/>
      <audio/>
    </privacy>








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3.9.  Relationship Element

  The <relationship> element extends <tuple> and designates the type of
  relationship an alternate contact has with the presentity.  This
  element is provided only if the tuple refers to somebody other than
  the presentity.  Relationship values include "family", "friend",
  "associate" (e.g., for a colleague), "assistant", "supervisor",
  "self", and "unknown".  The default is "self".

  If a relationship is indicated, the URI in the <contact> element
  refers to the entity, such as the assistant, that has a relationship
  to the presentity, not the presentity itself.

  Like tuples without a <relationship> qualifier, the <contact> element
  for tuples labeled with a relationship can contain either a
  communication URI such as "im", "sip", "sips", "h323", "tel", or
  "mailto", or a presence URI, such as "pres" or "sip".

  Example:

    <relationship>
      <friend/>
    </relationship>

3.10.  Service Class

  The <service-class> element extends <tuple> and designates the type
  of service offered.

  electronic:  Delivery of information by electronic means, i.e.,
     without delivering physical objects.  Examples include telephone,
     fax, email, instant messaging, and SMS.

  postal:  Delivery by the postal service, e.g., as a letter, parcel,
     or postcard.  Delivery could be to a post office box or central
     mailroom rather than the presentity's office location, for
     example.

  courier:  Delivery by messenger, overnight delivery, or courier.
     Courier-delivered messages are usually delivered to a receptionist
     rather than, say, a mailroom or receiving department.

  freight:  Delivery by freight carrier, typically of larger objects
     that are not sent by postal mail or courier.  The recipient is
     often the shipping department or a loading dock.

  in-person:  Describes the coordinates for visits in person, as by a
     visitor, i.e., usually somebody's office or residence.



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  unknown:  The type of service is unknown.

  Electronic service is implied if omitted.  The service types
  'postal', 'courier', 'freight', and 'in-person' MUST NOT be used
  unless the contact URI is empty.  Additional data elements defined
  elsewhere describe the physical service delivery address for the in-
  person, postal, or delivery services.  Such addresses might be
  specified in geospatial coordinates, civic addresses, or some
  specialized address format, e.g., for interstellar addresses or a
  company-specific delivery system.

  Example:

    <service-class><postal/></service-class>

3.11.  Sphere Element

  The <sphere> element designates the current state and role that the
  person plays.  For example, it might describe whether the person is
  in a work mode, at home, or participating in activities related to
  some other organization such as the IETF or a church.  This document
  does not define names for these spheres except for two common ones,
  "work" and "home", as well as "unknown".

  Spheres allow the person to easily turn on or off certain rules that
  depend on what groups of people should be made aware of the person's
  status.  For example, if the person is a Boy Scout leader, he might
  set the sphere to "scouting" and then have a rule set that allows
  other scout masters in his troop to see his presence status.  As soon
  as he switches his status to "work", "home", or some other sphere,
  the fellow scouts would lose access.

  The <sphere> element MAY be qualified with the 'from' and 'until'
  attributes as described in Section 3.1.

  Example:

    <sphere>
      <home/>
    </sphere>

3.12.  Status-Icon Element

  The <status-icon> element includes a URI pointing to an image (icon)
  representing the current status of the person or service.  The
  watcher MAY use this information to represent the status in a
  graphical user interface.  Presentities SHOULD provide images of




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  sizes and aspect ratios that are appropriate for rendering as an
  icon.  Support for JPEG, PNG, and GIF formats is RECOMMENDED.

  Watchers resolving the URI MUST validate whether the local copy of
  the icon is current when receiving a notification, using the standard
  cache control mechanism in the URI-identified retrieval protocol.

  Example:

    <status-icon>http://www.example.com/playing.gif</status-icon>

3.13.  Time Offset

  The <time-offset> element describes the number of minutes of offset
  from UTC at the person's current location.  A positive number
  indicates that the local time-of-day is ahead (i.e., east of)
  Universal Time, while a negative number indicates that the local
  time-of-day is behind (i.e., west of) Universal Time.  Transitions
  into and out of daylight savings time may temporarily cause a
  difference between the true offset from UTC and the time offset
  element.

  An optional attribute, description, can be used to describe the
  offset, e.g., by labeling the time zone.  This description is meant
  for human consumption.

  Publishers on mobile devices SHOULD NOT publish this information
  unless they know the time offset information to reflect the current
  location.  (For example, many laptop users do not update their time
  zone when traveling.)  Publishers SHOULD update the information
  whenever they discover that their UTC offset has changed.

  Example:

    <time-offset description="America/New_York">-300
    </time-offset>

3.14.  User-Input Element

  The <user-input> element records the user-input or usage state of the
  service or device, based on human user input, e.g., keyboard,
  pointing device, or voice.  If contained in a <person> element, it
  summarizes any user input activity across all services and devices
  operated by the presentity.  The mechanism for such aggregation is
  beyond the scope of this document, but generally reflects the most
  recent user input across all devices and services.  The element can
  assume one of two values, namely, 'active' or 'idle', with an
  optional 'last-input' attribute that records when the last user input



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  was received.  An optional 'idle-threshold' element records how long
  the presentity will wait before reporting the service or device to be
  idle, measured in seconds.

  (A two-state model was chosen since it would otherwise be necessary
  to send repeated last-input updates during continuous activity.)

  A service that wants to indicate user input activity sends a <user-
  input> 'active' indication when the user has provided user input
  within a configurable interval of time, the idle-threshold.  If the
  user ceases to provide input and the idle-threshold has elapsed, the
  tuple is marked with a <user-input> 'idle' indication instead,
  optionally including the time of last activity in the 'last-input'
  attribute.  An example is below:

    <user-input idle-threshold="600"
      last-input="2004-10-21T13:20:00.000-05:00">idle</user-input>

  Depending on device or service capabilities, user input may be
  detected only for a particular application, i.e., when the
  application has user focus or when a user has sent a message or
  placed a call, or can be based on user input across all applications
  running on one end system.

  The <user-input> element may be used by a watcher, typically in
  combination with other data, to estimate how likely a user is to
  answer when contacting the service.  A tuple that has not been used
  in a while may still be OPEN, but a watcher may choose to first
  contact a URI in a tuple that is both OPEN and has been used more
  recently.

  The <user-input> attribute can be omitted if the presentity wants to
  indicate that the device has not been used for a while, but does not
  want to reveal the precise duration, as in the following:

    <user-input>idle</user-input>

  Configuration MUST include the option to omit the 'last-input'
  attribute.

4.  Example

  The example below describes the presentity
  'pres:[email protected]', which has a SIP contact,
  'sip:[email protected]', representing a service.  It also has a
  device contact, as an email box.  The presentity is in a meeting, in
  a public office setting.  The 'until' information indicates that he
  will be there until 5:30 pm local time.  The presentity also has an



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  assistant, sip:[email protected], who happens to be available for
  communications.

   <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
     <presence xmlns="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:pidf"
       xmlns:dm="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:pidf:data-model"
       xmlns:lt="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:location-type"
       xmlns:rpid="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:pidf:rpid"
       entity="pres:[email protected]">

    <tuple id="bs35r9">
      <status>
        <basic>open</basic>
      </status>
      <dm:deviceID>urn:device:0003ba4811e3</dm:deviceID>
      <rpid:relationship><rpid:self/></rpid:relationship>
      <rpid:service-class><rpid:electronic/></rpid:service-class>
      <contact priority="0.8">im:[email protected]</contact>
      <note xml:lang="en">Don't Disturb Please!</note>
      <note xml:lang="fr">Ne derangez pas, s'il vous plait</note>
      <timestamp>2005-10-27T16:49:29Z</timestamp>
    </tuple>

    <tuple id="ty4658">
      <status>
        <basic>open</basic>
      </status>
      <rpid:relationship><rpid:assistant/></rpid:relationship>
      <contact priority="1.0">mailto:[email protected]</contact>
    </tuple>

    <tuple id="eg92n8">
      <status>
        <basic>open</basic>
      </status>
      <dm:deviceID>urn:x-mac:0003ba4811e3</dm:deviceID>
      <rpid:class>email</rpid:class>
      <rpid:service-class><rpid:electronic/></rpid:service-class>
      <rpid:status-icon>http://example.com/mail.png</rpid:status-icon>
      <contact priority="1.0">mailto:[email protected]</contact>
    </tuple>

    <note>I'll be in Tokyo next week</note>

    <dm:device id="pc147">
      <rpid:user-input idle-threshold="600"
        last-input="2004-10-21T13:20:00-05:00">idle</rpid:user-input>
      <dm:deviceID>urn:device:0003ba4811e3</dm:deviceID>



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      <dm:note>PC</dm:note>
    </dm:device>

    <dm:person id="p1">
      <rpid:activities from="2005-05-30T12:00:00+05:00"
         until="2005-05-30T17:00:00+05:00">
         <rpid:note>Far away</rpid:note>
         <rpid:away/>
      </rpid:activities>
      <rpid:class>calendar</rpid:class>
      <rpid:mood>
        <rpid:angry/>
        <rpid:other>brooding</rpid:other>
      </rpid:mood>
      <rpid:place-is>
         <rpid:audio>
            <rpid:noisy/>
         </rpid:audio>
      </rpid:place-is>
      <rpid:place-type><lt:residence/></rpid:place-type>
      <rpid:privacy><rpid:unknown/></rpid:privacy>
      <rpid:sphere>bowling league</rpid:sphere>
      <rpid:status-icon>http://example.com/play.gif</rpid:status-icon>

      <rpid:time-offset>-240</rpid:time-offset>
      <dm:note>Scoring 120</dm:note>
      <dm:timestamp>2005-05-30T16:09:44+05:00</dm:timestamp>
    </dm:person>
  </presence>

5.  XML Schema Definitions

  The RPID schema is shown below.  Due to limitations in composing
  schemas, not all XML documents that validate against the schema below
  are semantically valid RPID documents.  In particular, the schema
  allows each element to appear anyhere in PIDF or data-model elements;
  Table 1 restricts where these elements can appear for semantically
  valid RPID documents.  Elements that do not have from/until
  parameters MUST NOT appear more than once in each <person>, <tuple>,
  or <device>.

5.1.  urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:pidf:rpid

  <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
  <xs:schema targetNamespace="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:pidf:rpid"
     xmlns="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:pidf:rpid"
     xmlns:dm="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:pidf:data-model"
     xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"



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     elementFormDefault="qualified"
     attributeFormDefault="unqualified">

    <xs:simpleType name="activeIdle">
      <xs:restriction base="xs:string">
        <xs:enumeration value="active"/>
        <xs:enumeration value="idle"/>
      </xs:restriction>
    </xs:simpleType>

    <xs:element name="activities">
      <xs:annotation>
        <xs:documentation>
          Describes what the person is currently doing, expressed as
          an enumeration of activity-describing elements.  A person
          can be engaged in multiple activities at the same time,
          e.g., traveling and having a meal.
        </xs:documentation>
      </xs:annotation>

      <xs:complexType>
        <xs:sequence>
          <xs:element name="note" type="Note_t" minOccurs="0"
             maxOccurs="unbounded" />
          <xs:choice>
            <xs:element name="unknown" type="empty" minOccurs="0"/>
            <xs:sequence maxOccurs="unbounded">
              <xs:choice>
                <xs:element name="appointment"
                  type="empty" />
                <xs:element name="away"
                  type="empty" />
                <xs:element name="breakfast"
                  type="empty" />
                <xs:element name="busy"
                  type="empty" />
                <xs:element name="dinner"
                  type="empty" />
                <xs:element name="holiday"
                  type="empty" />
                <xs:element name="in-transit"
                  type="empty" />
                <xs:element name="looking-for-work"
                  type="empty" />
                <xs:element name="meal"
                  type="empty" />
                <xs:element name="meeting"
                  type="empty" />



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                <xs:element name="on-the-phone"
                  type="empty" />
                <xs:element name="performance"
                  type="empty" />
                <xs:element name="permanent-absence"
                  type="empty" />
                <xs:element name="playing"
                  type="empty" />
                <xs:element name="presentation"
                  type="empty" />
                <xs:element name="shopping"
                  type="empty" />
                <xs:element name="sleeping"
                  type="empty" />
                <xs:element name="spectator"
                  type="empty" />
                <xs:element name="steering"
                  type="empty" />
                <xs:element name="travel"
                  type="empty" />
                <xs:element name="tv"
                  type="empty" />
                <xs:element name="vacation"
                  type="empty" />
                <xs:element name="working"
                  type="empty" />
                <xs:element name="worship"
                  type="empty" />
                <xs:element name="other"
                  type="Note_t" />
                <xs:any namespace="##other"
                  maxOccurs="unbounded" processContents="lax"/>
              </xs:choice>
            </xs:sequence>
          </xs:choice>
        </xs:sequence>
        <xs:attributeGroup ref="fromUntil"/>
        <xs:attribute name="id" type="xs:ID"/>
        <xs:anyAttribute namespace="##any" processContents="lax"/>
      </xs:complexType>
    </xs:element>

    <xs:element name="class" type="xs:token">
      <xs:annotation>
        <xs:documentation>
          Describes the class of the service, device or person.
        </xs:documentation>
      </xs:annotation>



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    </xs:element>

    <xs:element name="mood">
      <xs:annotation>
        <xs:documentation>
          Describes the mood of the presentity.
        </xs:documentation>
      </xs:annotation>
      <xs:complexType>
        <xs:sequence>
          <xs:element name="note" type="Note_t" minOccurs="0"
          maxOccurs="unbounded" />
          <xs:choice>
            <xs:element name="unknown" type="empty"/>
            <xs:sequence maxOccurs="unbounded">
              <xs:choice>
                <xs:element name="afraid"
                  type="empty"/>
                <xs:element name="amazed"
                  type="empty"/>
                <xs:element name="angry"
                  type="empty"/>
                <xs:element name="annoyed"
                  type="empty"/>
                <xs:element name="anxious"
                  type="empty" />
                <xs:element name="ashamed"
                  type="empty" />
                <xs:element name="bored"
                  type="empty" />
                <xs:element name="brave"
                  type="empty" />
                <xs:element name="calm"
                  type="empty" />
                <xs:element name="cold"
                  type="empty" />
                <xs:element name="confused"
                  type="empty" />
                <xs:element name="contented"
                  type="empty" />
                <xs:element name="cranky"
                  type="empty" />
                <xs:element name="curious"
                  type="empty" />
                <xs:element name="depressed"
                  type="empty" />
                <xs:element name="disappointed"
                  type="empty" />



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                <xs:element name="disgusted"
                  type="empty" />
                <xs:element name="distracted"
                  type="empty" />
                <xs:element name="embarrassed"
                  type="empty" />
                <xs:element name="excited"
                  type="empty" />
                <xs:element name="flirtatious"
                  type="empty" />
                <xs:element name="frustrated"
                  type="empty" />
                <xs:element name="grumpy"
                  type="empty" />
                <xs:element name="guilty"
                  type="empty" />
                <xs:element name="happy"
                  type="empty" />
                <xs:element name="hot"
                  type="empty" />
                <xs:element name="humbled"
                  type="empty" />
                <xs:element name="humiliated"
                  type="empty" />
                <xs:element name="hungry"
                  type="empty" />
                <xs:element name="hurt"
                  type="empty" />
                <xs:element name="impressed"
                  type="empty" />
                <xs:element name="in_awe"
                  type="empty" />
                <xs:element name="in_love"
                  type="empty" />
                <xs:element name="indignant"
                  type="empty" />
                <xs:element name="interested"
                  type="empty" />
                <xs:element name="invincible"
                  type="empty" />
                <xs:element name="jealous"
                  type="empty" />
                <xs:element name="lonely"
                  type="empty" />
                <xs:element name="mean"
                  type="empty" />
                <xs:element name="moody"
                  type="empty" />



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                <xs:element name="nervous"
                  type="empty" />
                <xs:element name="neutral"
                  type="empty" />
                <xs:element name="offended"
                  type="empty" />
                <xs:element name="playful"
                  type="empty" />
                <xs:element name="proud"
                  type="empty" />
                <xs:element name="relieved"
                  type="empty" />
                <xs:element name="remorseful"
                  type="empty" />
                <xs:element name="restless"
                  type="empty" />
                <xs:element name="sad"
                  type="empty" />
                <xs:element name="sarcastic"
                  type="empty" />
                <xs:element name="serious"
                  type="empty" />
                <xs:element name="shocked"
                  type="empty" />
                <xs:element name="shy"
                  type="empty" />
                <xs:element name="sick"
                  type="empty" />
                <xs:element name="sleepy"
                  type="empty" />
                <xs:element name="stressed"
                  type="empty" />
                <xs:element name="surprised"
                  type="empty" />
                <xs:element name="thirsty"
                  type="empty" />
                <xs:element name="worried"
                  type="empty" />
                <xs:element name="other"
                  type="Note_t" />
                <xs:any namespace="##other"
                  maxOccurs="unbounded" processContents="lax"/>
              </xs:choice>
            </xs:sequence>
          </xs:choice>
        </xs:sequence>
        <xs:attributeGroup ref="fromUntil"/>
        <xs:attribute name="id" type="xs:ID"/>



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        <xs:anyAttribute namespace="##any" processContents="lax"/>
      </xs:complexType>
    </xs:element>

    <xs:element name="place-is">
      <xs:complexType>
        <xs:sequence>
          <xs:element name="note" type="Note_t" minOccurs="0"
             maxOccurs="unbounded" />
          <xs:element name="audio" minOccurs="0">
            <xs:complexType>
              <xs:choice>
                <xs:element name="noisy" type="empty" />
                <xs:element name="ok" type="empty" />
                <xs:element name="quiet" type="empty" />
                <xs:element name="unknown" type="empty" />
              </xs:choice>
            </xs:complexType>
          </xs:element>
          <xs:element name="video" minOccurs="0">
            <xs:complexType>
              <xs:choice>
                <xs:element name="toobright" type="empty" />
                <xs:element name="ok" type="empty" />
                <xs:element name="dark" type="empty" />
                <xs:element name="unknown" type="empty" />
              </xs:choice>
            </xs:complexType>
          </xs:element>
          <xs:element name="text" minOccurs="0">
            <xs:complexType>
              <xs:choice>
                <xs:element name="uncomfortable" type="empty" />
                <xs:element name="inappropriate" type="empty" />
                <xs:element name="ok" type="empty" />
                <xs:element name="unknown" type="empty" />
              </xs:choice>
            </xs:complexType>
          </xs:element>
        </xs:sequence>
        <xs:attributeGroup ref="fromUntil"/>
        <xs:attribute name="id" type="xs:ID"/>
        <xs:anyAttribute namespace="##any" processContents="lax"/>
      </xs:complexType>
    </xs:element>

   <xs:element name="place-type">
       <xs:annotation>



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         <xs:documentation>
           Describes the type of place the person is currently at.
         </xs:documentation>
       </xs:annotation>
       <xs:complexType>
         <xs:sequence>
           <xs:element name="note" type="Note_t" minOccurs="0"
              maxOccurs="unbounded" />
           <xs:choice>
             <xs:element name="other" type="Note_t"/>
             <xs:any namespace="##other" maxOccurs="unbounded"
               processContents="lax"/>
           </xs:choice>
         </xs:sequence>
         <xs:attributeGroup ref="fromUntil"/>
         <xs:attribute name="id" type="xs:ID"/>
         <xs:anyAttribute namespace="##any" processContents="lax"/>
       </xs:complexType>
     </xs:element>

    <xs:element name="privacy">
      <xs:annotation>
         <xs:documentation>
           Indicates which type of communication third parties in the
           vicinity of the presentity are unlikely to be able to
           intercept accidentally or intentionally.
         </xs:documentation>
      </xs:annotation>
      <xs:complexType>
        <xs:sequence>
          <xs:element name="note" type="Note_t" minOccurs="0"
             maxOccurs="unbounded" />
          <xs:choice>
            <xs:element name="unknown" type="empty"/>
            <xs:sequence minOccurs="1">
              <xs:element name="audio" type="empty" minOccurs="0"/>
              <xs:element name="text" type="empty" minOccurs="0"/>
              <xs:element name="video" type="empty" minOccurs="0"/>
              <xs:any namespace="##other" minOccurs="0"
                 maxOccurs="unbounded" processContents="lax"/>
            </xs:sequence>
          </xs:choice>
        </xs:sequence>
        <xs:attributeGroup ref="fromUntil"/>
        <xs:attribute name="id" type="xs:ID"/>
        <xs:anyAttribute namespace="##any" processContents="lax"/>
      </xs:complexType>
    </xs:element>



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    <xs:element name="relationship">
        <xs:annotation>
           <xs:documentation>
             Designates the type of relationship an alternate contact
             has with the presentity.
           </xs:documentation>
        </xs:annotation>
        <xs:complexType>
          <xs:sequence>
            <xs:element name="note" type="Note_t" minOccurs="0"
               maxOccurs="unbounded" />
            <xs:choice>
               <xs:element name="assistant" type="empty" />
               <xs:element name="associate" type="empty" />
               <xs:element name="family" type="empty" />
               <xs:element name="friend" type="empty" />
               <xs:element name="other" type="Note_t" minOccurs="0" />
               <xs:element name="self" type="empty" />
               <xs:element name="supervisor" type="empty" />
               <xs:element name="unknown" type="empty" />
               <xs:any namespace="##other" maxOccurs="unbounded"
                 processContents="lax"/>
            </xs:choice>
          </xs:sequence>
        </xs:complexType>
    </xs:element>

    <xs:element name="service-class">
      <xs:annotation>
        <xs:documentation>
          Designates the type of service offered.
        </xs:documentation>
      </xs:annotation>
      <xs:complexType>
        <xs:sequence>
          <xs:element name="note" type="Note_t" minOccurs="0"
             maxOccurs="unbounded" />
          <xs:choice>
            <xs:element name="courier" type="empty" />
            <xs:element name="electronic" type="empty" />
            <xs:element name="freight" type="empty" />
            <xs:element name="in-person" type="empty" />
            <xs:element name="postal" type="empty" />
            <xs:element name="unknown" type="empty" />
            <xs:any namespace="##other" maxOccurs="unbounded"
              processContents="lax"/>
          </xs:choice>
        </xs:sequence>



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      </xs:complexType>
    </xs:element>

    <xs:element name="sphere">
      <xs:annotation>
        <xs:documentation>
          Designates the current state and role that the person plays.
        </xs:documentation>
      </xs:annotation>
      <xs:complexType>
        <xs:choice minOccurs="0">
          <xs:element name="home" type="empty" />
          <xs:element name="work" type="empty" />
          <xs:element name="unknown" type="empty" />
          <xs:any namespace="##other" maxOccurs="unbounded"
             processContents="lax"/>
        </xs:choice>
        <xs:attributeGroup ref="fromUntil"/>
        <xs:attribute name="id" type="xs:ID"/>
        <xs:anyAttribute namespace="##any" processContents="lax"/>
      </xs:complexType>
    </xs:element>

    <xs:element name="status-icon">
      <xs:annotation>
        <xs:documentation>
          A URI pointing to an image (icon) representing the current
          status of the person or service.
        </xs:documentation>
      </xs:annotation>
      <xs:complexType>
        <xs:simpleContent>
          <xs:extension base="xs:anyURI">
            <xs:attributeGroup ref="fromUntil"/>
            <xs:attribute name="id" type="xs:ID"/>
            <xs:anyAttribute namespace="##any" processContents="lax"/>
          </xs:extension>
        </xs:simpleContent>
      </xs:complexType>
    </xs:element>

    <xs:element name="time-offset">
      <xs:annotation>
        <xs:documentation>
          Describes the number of minutes of offset from UTC at the
          user's current location.
        </xs:documentation>
      </xs:annotation>



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      <xs:complexType>
        <xs:simpleContent>
          <xs:extension base="xs:integer">
            <xs:attributeGroup ref="fromUntil"/>
            <xs:attribute name="description"
               type="xs:string"/>
            <xs:attribute name="id" type="xs:ID"/>
            <xs:anyAttribute namespace="##any" processContents="lax"/>
          </xs:extension>
        </xs:simpleContent>
      </xs:complexType>
    </xs:element>

    <xs:element name="user-input">
      <xs:annotation>
        <xs:documentation>
          Records the user-input or usage state of the service or
          device.
        </xs:documentation>
      </xs:annotation>
      <xs:complexType>
          <xs:simpleContent>
            <xs:extension base="activeIdle">
              <xs:attribute name="idle-threshold"
                type="xs:positiveInteger"/>
              <xs:attribute name="last-input" type="xs:dateTime"/>
              <xs:attribute name="id" type="xs:ID"/>
              <xs:anyAttribute namespace="##any"
                processContents="lax"/>
            </xs:extension>
          </xs:simpleContent>
      </xs:complexType>
    </xs:element>
  </xs:schema>

6.  Extending RPID

  Any developer can introduce their own element names, avoiding
  conflict by choosing an appropriate namespace URI.  To add new
  standardized elements to the enumerations <activities>, <mood>,
  <privacy>, <relationship> and <service-class>, the extension process
  described in PIDF [9] is followed, i.e., such extensions would use
  namespace designators such as urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:pidf:ext, where
  'ext' is the name of the extension.  Any new values for the <place-
  type> element are assigned according to [12] and are given a
  namespace designator at their time of registration.





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  To avoid the unnecessary proliferation of XML namespaces containing a
  single element, groups of element registrations for each of these
  enumerations, such as <privacy>, SHOULD be bundled into a single
  namespace rather than assigning a new namespace to each new element.

7.  IANA Considerations

7.1.  URN Sub-Namespace Registration for
     'urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:pidf:rpid'

  URI:  urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:pidf:rpid
  Description:  This is the XML namespace for XML elements defined by
     RFC 4480 to describe rich presence information extensions for the
     status element in the PIDF presence document format in the
     application/pidf+xml content type.
  Registrant Contact:  IETF, SIMPLE working group, [email protected],
     Henning Schulzrinne, [email protected]

  XML:

   BEGIN
     <?xml version="1.0"?>
     <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML Basic 1.0//EN"
     "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml-basic/xhtml-basic10.dtd">
     <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml
     <head>
          <meta http-equiv="content-type"
          content="text/html;charset=iso-8859-1"/>
          <title>RPID: Rich Presence Extensions to the Presence
            Information Data Format (PIDF)</title>
     </head>
     <body>
         <h1>Namespace for rich presence extension</h1>
         <h2>urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:pidf:rpid</h2>
         <p>See <a href="http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc4480.txt">
             RFC&4480;</a>.</p>
      </body>
      </html>
     END












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7.2.  Schema Registration for Schema
     'urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:pidf:status:rpid'

  URI:  urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:pidf:status:rpid
  Registrant Contact:  IESG
  XML:  See Section 5

  Note that this document does not need a new content type.  It
  inherits the content type from [8], namely, application/pidf+xml.

8.  Internationalization Considerations

  RPID contains mostly tokens that are meant for consumption by
  programs, not directly by humans.  Programs are expected to translate
  those tokens into language-appropriate text strings according to the
  preferences of the watcher.

  Some elements may contain <note> and <other> elements that can
  contain free text.  These elements SHOULD be labeled with the 'xml:
  lang' attribute to indicate their language and script.  The
  specification allows multiple occurrences of these elements so that
  the presentity can convey <note> and <other> elements in multiple
  scripts and languages.  If no 'xml:lang' attribute is provided, the
  default value is "i-default" [3].

  Since RPID is represented in XML, it provides native support for
  encoding information using the Unicode character set and its more
  compact representations including UTF-8.  Conformant XML processors
  recognize both UTF-8 and UTF-16.  Though XML includes provisions to
  identify and use other character encodings through use of an
  "encoding" attribute in an <?xml?> declaration, use of UTF-8 is
  RECOMMENDED in environments where parser encoding support
  incompatibility exists.

  A description of time-zone considerations can be found in
  Section 3.13.

9.  Security Considerations

  The security considerations in [8] apply, as well as [7].  Compared
  to PIDF, this presence document format reveals additional information
  about presentities that can be highly sensitive.  Beyond traditional
  security measures to protect confidentiality and integrity, systems
  should offer a means to selectively reveal information to particular
  watchers and to inspect the information that is being published,
  particularly if it is generated automatically from other sources,
  such as calendars or sensors.




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  Like any reference to an external object, the <status-icon> may allow
  the presentity to induce the watcher to retrieve data from a third
  party (content indirection attack), thus either retrieving harmful
  content or adding to the server load of the referenced resource.

10.  References

10.1.  Normative References

  [1]   Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement
        Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119, March 1997.

  [2]   Moats, R., "URN Syntax", RFC 2141, May 1997.

  [3]   Alvestrand, H., "IETF Policy on Character Sets and Languages",
        BCP 18, RFC 2277, January 1998.

  [4]   Moats, R., "A URN Namespace for IETF Documents", RFC 2648,
        August 1999.

  [5]   Day, M., Rosenberg, J., and H. Sugano, "A Model for Presence
        and Instant Messaging", RFC 2778, February 2000.

  [6]   Mealling, M., "The IETF XML Registry", BCP 81, RFC 3688,
        January 2004.

  [7]   Rosenberg, J., "A Presence Event Package for the Session
        Initiation Protocol (SIP)", RFC 3856, August 2004.

  [8]   Sugano, H., Fujimoto, S., Klyne, G., Bateman, A., Carr, W., and
        J. Peterson, "Presence Information Data Format (PIDF)", RFC
        3863, August 2004.

  [9]   Yergeau, F., Paoli, J., Sperberg-McQueen, C., Bray, T., and E.
        Maler, "Extensible Markup Language (XML) 1.0 (Third Edition),"
        W3C REC REC-xml-20040204, February 2004.

  [10]  Maloney, M., Beech, D., Thompson, H., and N. Mendelsohn, "XML
        Schema Part 1: Structures Second Edition", W3C REC REC-
        xmlschema-1-20041028, October 2004.

  [11]  Malhotra, A. and P. Biron, "XML Schema Part 2: Datatypes Second
        Edition", W3C REC REC-xmlschema-2-20041028, October 2004.

  [12]  Schulzrinne, H. and H. Tschofenig, "Location Types Registry",
        RFC 4589, July 2006.





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10.2.  Informative References

  [13]  Dawson, F. and D. Stenerson, "Internet Calendaring and
        Scheduling Core Object Specification (iCalendar)", RFC 2445,
        November 1998.

  [14]  Peterson, J., "Common Profile for Instant Messaging (CPIM)",
        RFC 3860, August 2004.

  [15]  Lennox, J., Wu, X., and H. Schulzrinne, "Call Processing
        Language (CPL): A Language for User Control of Internet
        Telephony Services", RFC 3880, October 2004.

  [16]  Rosenberg, J., "A Data Model for Presence", RFC 4479, July
        2006.

  [17]  Lisetti, C., "Personality, Affect, and Emotion Taxonomy for
        Socially Intelligent Agents", Proceedings of FLAIRS 2002, 2002.

  [18]  Open Mobile Alliance, "The Wireless Village Initiative:
        Presence Attributes 1.1", Recommendation WV-29, 2004.






























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Appendix A.  Acknowledgements

  The document reflects the discussion on the SIMPLE mailing list, with
  contributions from many individuals.  David L. Black, Miguel Garcia,
  Avshalom Houri, Markus Isomaki, Rick Jones, Hisham Khartabil,
  Jonathan Lennox, Eva-Maria Leppanen, Mikko Lonnfors, Rohan Mahy,
  Miguel Marcia, Andrew Newton, Aki Niemi, Jon Peterson, and Brian
  Rosen provided detailed comments and suggestions.  Xiaotao Wu
  assisted with schema testing.  Jari Urpalainen provided valuable
  advice on XML schema issues.









































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Authors' Addresses

  Henning Schulzrinne
  Columbia University
  Department of Computer Science
  450 Computer Science Building
  New York, NY  10027
  US

  Phone: +1 212 939 7042
  EMail: [email protected]
  URI:   http://www.cs.columbia.edu


  Vijay Gurbani
  Lucent
  2000 Naperville Rd.
  Room 6G-440
  Naperville, IL  60566-7033
  US

  EMail: [email protected]


  Paul Kyzivat
  Cisco Systems
  BXB500 C2-2
  1414 Massachusetts Avenue
  Boxborough, MA  01719
  US

  EMail: [email protected]


  Jonathan Rosenberg
  Cisco Systems
  600 Lanidex Plaza
  Parsippany, NJ  07054-2711
  US

  EMail: [email protected]










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