Indication of Message Composition for Instant Messaging
draft-ietf-simple-iscomposing-03

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From: The IESG <iesg-secretary@ietf.org>
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Cc: Internet Architecture Board <iab@iab.org>,
    RFC Editor <rfc-editor@rfc-editor.org>, 
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Subject: Protocol Action: 'Indication of Message Composition for 
         Instant Messaging' to Proposed Standard 

The IESG has approved the following document:

- 'Indication of Message Composition for Instant Messaging '
   <draft-ietf-simple-iscomposing-04.txt> as a Proposed Standard

This document is the product of the SIP for Instant Messaging and 
Presence Leveraging Extensions Working Group. 

The IESG contact persons are Ted Hardie and Jon Peterson.

A URL of this Internet-Draft is:
http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-simple-iscomposing-04.txt

Ballot Text

Technical Summary

This document extends the SIMPLE IM system, defining a new status
message content type and XML namespace.  These will be used
to relay information during an IM conversation that indicates
that one party is composing a message and conveys information
about the information being composed  The status message can
indicate the composition of a message of any type, including text,
voice or video.  
 
Working Group Summary
 
The working group came to consensus on this document, and this feature
is widely implemented in existing IM systems, so its utility is 
well understood.
 
Protocol Quality
 
This document was reviewed for the IESG by Ted Hardie.

RFC Editor Note