Jabber and XMPP allow for real-time communication over the internet through open-source protocols for messaging, presence, and availability. Presence information can be used for more than just chat, including applications in finance, logistics, networking, collaboration, and more. While real-time connectivity provides benefits, it also introduces challenges around privacy, data ownership, and information overload that require technical and social solutions.

1. presence & the
real-time internet

2. peter saint-andre

3. stpeter@jabber.org

6. presence & the
real-time internet

7. jabber

8. what is jabber?

9. open technologies

10. real-time messaging

11. presence

12. powered by
streaming xml

13. jeremie miller

14. 1998

15. tired

16. 4 different im clients

17. multiple accounts

18. no interoperability

19. foster freedom of
conversation

20. scratch an itch

21. open-source messaging
and presence server

22. jabberd

23. january 4, 1999

24. more than a server

25. clients

26. libraries

27. add-on components

28. multiple server
codebases

29. client-server
architecture

30. decentralized
network

31. inter-domain
messaging

32. like email

33. but really fast

34. with built-in presence

35. no server spoofing

36. and no spam

37. xml wire protocol

38. standardized
through ietf

39. extensible

40. messaging

41. and presence

42. protocol

43. (xmpp)

44. rfcs 3920 + 3921

45. more than protocols

46. 50,000+ servers (?)

47. 40+ million users (?)

48. clients
for every platform

49. libraries
for every language

50. deployed worldwide

51. wall street banks

52. u.s. government

53. hp, eds, fedex

54. orange, bell south,
sapo, ntt, sun rocket

55. google, apple, sun,
live journal

56. and you

57. run your own server

58. write your own
components

59. integrate with
your own systems

60. build competitive
advantage

61. open technologies

62. this is a good thing

63. application server for
the real-time internet

64. why?

65. context

66. message and reply,
London to Calcutta

67. 1800: 2 years
(sailing ship)

68. 1914: 1 month
(steamship)

69. 1950: 1 week
(airmail)

70. 1980: 2 days
(overnight mail)

71. 1993: 10 minutes
(email)

72. 1999: 1 second
(instant messaging)

73. half-life of information
is shrinking

74. need to build the
real-time internet

75. deliver information
when it’s needed

76. know when people,
devices, apps are online

77. presence

78. “the new dial tone”

79. boring!

80. a catalyst for
interaction

81. also need
identity + capabilities

82. basic in existing
voice networks (PSTN)

83. dial tone indicates
system availability

84. identity is only
a number

85. capabilities are stable
and minimal

86. on IP networks,
more complexity

87. presence is
individualized

88. presence is focused
(subscriptions)

89. presence is manifold
(multiple devices)

90. identity is more
complete (vCard++)

91. capabilities are dynamic
and multifaceted

92. not just
person to person

93. person to
application

94. application to
application

95. what can we do
with presence?

96. one-to-one IM

97. groupchat
(à la irc)

98. just teen chat, right?

99. wrong!

100. trading desks
(investment banks)

101. incident rooms
(capwin)

102. expert support
(qunu)

103. data syndication

104. real-time RSS
(just-in-time updates)

105. atom sync’ing
(feedmesh)

106. real-time
financial modelling

107. intelligent workflow
processing

108. energy trading
(netenergy)

109. sales / logistics
(reynolds + reynolds)

110. network management
(oracom)

111. wireless access points
(sputnik)

112. configure linksys
routers (voip provider)

113. real-time virtual
collaboration

114. svg whiteboarding
(inkboard, etc.)

115. shared document
editing (subethaedit)

116. collaborative
data objects (mitre)

117. working together vs.
powerpoint over email

118. presence-enabled
telephony

119. push to talk
based on presence

120. asterisk +
other PBXs

121. federate PBXs
over the net

122. look ma, no telco!

123. voip w/presence vs.
phonetag + voicemail

124. presence in distressed
environments

125. serverless mode
(zeroconf)

126. mesh / IP “bubbles”
(military convoys)

127. extended presence

128. geolocation

129. vehicle tracking
(trakm8)

130. first responder systems
(presence + identity)

131. mobile marketing
services

132. mood & activity

133. tune, video, gaming,
browsing, blogging

134. more + stronger
connections

135. all with open standards
(xmpp | sip)

136. radical innovation
at the edges

137. think world wide web,
not telco

138. sounds great, huh?

139. there be dragons!

140. always-on availability

141. presence overload

142. device management

143. personal privacy

144. data ownership

145. technical solutions
(e.g., automation)

146. social solutions
(e.g., etiquette)

147. give presence,
get connected

148. presence-enabled
connected world

149. everything is going
real-time

150. half-life of information
is shrinking

151. we’re building the
real-time internet

152. whether we know it
or not

153. whether we like it
or not

154. the best way to
predict the future...

155. is to invent it

156. we’re inventing it
together

157. join the conversation