SIP SIMPLE Client SDK

= Presence blueprint =

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This is a high level representation of a mechanism that maintains a '''Contacts list''' that can be used by a GUI. It implements a combination of SIP SIMPLE standards related to presence event package, storage and policy.

• Account
• Contacts
• Watcher list
• Presence rules
• Icon exchange
• Preferences

Account

On boot

If presence enabled

• Initialize our own '''presentity'''
• Initialize the '''watchers list'''
• If '''account.presence.xcap_root''' is not defined, locate XCAP root by doing a DNS TXT lookup for xcap.example.com
• GET XCAP application xcap-caps
• GET the default filename for all applications supported in xcap-caps and cache them locally
• If '''pidf-manipulation''' application is supported, update the '''presentity''' with it
• Send PUBLISH for '''Event: presence'''
• Initialize '''Contacts''' using the content of the XCAP document '''resource-lists'''
• If '''account.message_summary.enabled''' SUBSCRIBE for '''Event: message-summary'''
• If '''account.presence.subscribe_xcap_diff.enabled''' SUBSCRIBE for '''Event: xcap-diff'''

While running

• Refresh XCAP server location based on DNS TTL
• Refresh PUBLISH for event '''presence'''
• Refresh SUBSCRIBE to '''presence.winfo'''
• Refresh SUBSCRIBE to '''xcap-diff'''
• Refresh SUBSCRIBE to '''message-summary'''
• Reload XCAP documents based on '''xcap-diff''' NOTIFYs

Contacts

Image(BuddyList-Aggregation.png)

Contains is a list of contacts displayed in a GUI. For some contacts we SUBSCRIBE for '''Event: presence'''. The list is indexed by a unique SIP URI, a random SIP URI must be generated for contacts that do not have a SIP URI and we must mark the contacts that we want to subscribe to.

Additional, one can store full names and other attributes for each contact by using extensions to PIDF for contact information.

Based on received NOTIFY messages for Event=presence, each contact has a '''presentity''' attribute that contains its own published information. The GUI can display attributes of each '''presentity'''.

• The contacts list is stored in the main '''resource-lists''' XCAP document '''index'''
• Maintain a '''presentity''' attribute with what is received in the Notify for each contact
• If '''account.presence.subscribe_rls_services''' is true, a RLS document that contains a list of discrete SIP URIs we subscribe to and PUT it on the server under SIP URI account-buddies@domain. Then a Subscribe is sent with Supported: eventlist for this SIP URI. /otherwise send SUBSCRIBVE to each contact for '''Event: presence'''
• On contacts list change, PUT resource-lists and rls-services documents on the XCAP server

A contact has properties related to his device capabilities (e.g. can_chat, can_share, can_talk, can_video). This is conveyed via '''presence caps''' and updates the preferences set by the local user

Watcher lists

Built based on the body of NOTIFY for '''Event=presence.winfo'''.

Presence rules * Based on NOTIFY for event '''watcher.info''' we update the policy * PUT '''pres-rules''' document on the XCAP server and cache locally Icon exhange

There is how OMA has specified such XCAP application:

'"Presence Content XDM Specification'"

http://www.openmobilealliance.org/technical/release_program/docs/PresenceSIMPLE/V2_0-20081223-C/OMA-TS-Presence_SIMPLE_Content_XDM-V1_0-20081223-C.pdf

Support in OpenXCAP server is necessary, see http://openxcap.org/ticket/100

Publishing end-point, on boot:

1. HTTP GET for xcap-directory and locate previously uploaded icon (e.g. ABC)
 1. HTTP GET http://xcap.example.com/xcap-root/org.openmobilealliance.pres-content/users/sip:alice@example.com/oma_status-icon/ABC

Publishing end-point, on change:

1. Generate a new random filename: XYZ
 1. Build URL http://xcap.example.com/xcap-root/org.openmobilealliance.pres-content/users/sip:alice@example.com/oma_status-icon/XYZ
 1. HTTP PUT to xcap server
 1. Update <icon> element of pidf and PUBLISH new pidf
 1. HTTP DELETE any previous icon file ABC

Subscribing end-point:

1. Parse <icon> element of pidf received in Notify
 2. HTTP GET http://xcap.example.com/xcap-root/org.openmobilealliance.pres-content/users/sip:alice@example.com/oma_status-icon/XYZ
 3. Cache picture until next NOTIFY with diferent <icon> element is received

Preferences

Managed the policy dependent on the Group the Watcher is in the Contact list.