[OpenSIPS-Users] [XCAP] What does EyeBeam use XCAP for?

[Adrian Georgescu]

On Jul 9, 2009, at 12:08 PM, Iñaki Baz Castillo wrote:

> 2009/7/9  <duane.larson at gmail.com>:
>> This is a counterpath/eyebeam issue, not OpenXCAP.
>> You would need to post a question on Counterpaths forums asking  
>> this. I
>> wonder what version of Eyebeam you have. There could be a new  
>> version that
>> solves this.
>
> Hi, sure it's an EyeBeam issue. But perhaps I didn't understand 100%
> the purpose of a XCAP server and I asked it here.
> However, EyeBeam makes use of XCAP to store pres-rules, which is
> required by the presence server.
>
> I've a doubt: Usually a phone/softphone store various fields for each
> contact (SIP URI, name, mail, PSTN phone, mobile, organzation...). Can
> all these fields be stored in a resource list document in a XCAP
> server? By reading the XML schema (section 3.2) in RFC 4826 I don't
> know if it's possible or not. However, is it a common practice?

Yes, the buddy list should be stored on the server as a resource lists  
so that multiple clients can synchronize it. But is not mandatory,  
only the pres-rules document must be present other the presence agent  
has no policy information.

Adrian