RFC 3861: Address Resolution for Instant Messaging and Presence
In plain English — editorial summary, not part of the RFC
Presence and instant messaging are defined in RFC 2778. The Common Profiles for Presence and Instant Messaging define two Universal Resource Identifier (URI) schemes: 'im' for INSTANT INBOXes and 'pres' for PRESENTITIES. This document provides guidance for locating the resources associated with URIs that employ these schemes. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
Document record
- Document ID
- RFC3861
- Published
- August 2004
- Authors
- J. Peterson
- Status
- PROPOSED STANDARD
- Stream
- IETF
- Area
- app
- Pages
- 8
- Also known as
- —
Topics
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- RFC 4770vCard Extensions for Instant Messaging (IM)Obsoleted
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- RFC 3863Presence Information Data Format (PIDF)Current
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- RFC 4516Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP): Uniform Resource LocatorCurrent
June 2006
- RFC 2557MIME Encapsulation of Aggregate Documents, such as HTML (MHTML)Current
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- RFC 2483URI Resolution Services Necessary for URN ResolutionCurrent
January 1999
- RFC 3841Caller Preferences for the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)Current
August 2004
- RFC 3953Telephone Number Mapping (ENUM) Service Registration for Presence ServicesUpdated
January 2005
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