Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP): Core

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Publisher: IETF
Doc Type: Standard
Pages: 211
Abstract: The Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP) is an application profile of the Extensible Markup Language (XML) that enables the near-real-time exchange of structured yet extensible data between any two or more network entities. This document defines XMPP's core protocol methods: setup and teardown of XML streams, channel encryption, authentication, error handling, and communication primitives for messaging, network availability ("presence"), and request-response interactions. This document obsoletes RFC 3920. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
Publication Date: 2011-03-01
Status Note: Proposed Standard
DOI: 10.17487/RFC6120
Link: https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC6120
Author(s): Peter Saint-Andre
Keyword(s): XMPP, Jabber, Instant Messaging, Presence, XML

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Normative Reference(s)

ISO 10646-1 [Withdrawn]
IETF RFC 793 [Superseded*]
IETF RFC 1034 [Active*]
IETF RFC 2119 [Active*]
IETF RFC 2277 [Active*]
IETF RFC 2560 [Superseded*]
IETF RFC 2782 [Active*]
IETF RFC 3023 [Superseded*]
IETF RFC 3365 [Active*]
IETF RFC 3447 [Superseded*]
IETF RFC 3470 [Active*]
IETF RFC 3629 [Active*]
IETF RFC 3986 [Active, Amended*]
IETF RFC 4086 [Active*]
IETF RFC 4422 [Active*]
IETF RFC 4616 [Active*]
IETF RFC 4647 [Active*]
IETF RFC 4648 [Active*]
IETF RFC 4985 [Active*]
RFC5056 — RFC5056 EXTERNAL
IETF RFC 5246 [Superseded*]
IETF RFC 5280 [Active, Amended*]
IETF RFC 5646 [Active*]
IETF RFC 5746 [Active*]
RFC5802 — SCRAM EXTERNAL
IETF RFC 5929 [Active*]
IETF RFC 5952 [Active*]
RFC6121 — XMPP-IM EXTERNAL
RFC6122 — XMPP-ADDR EXTERNAL
IETF RFC 6125 [Superseded*]
IETF RFC 6176 [Active*]
T-REC-X.509.2000 — X.509-2000 EXTERNAL
UNICODE.STD.6.0.0 — Unicode 6.0.0 EXTERNAL
W3C XML Namespaces 1.0 [Active]
W3C XML 1 [Active]

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Saint-Andre, P., "Simple Communications Blocking", XSF XEP 0191, February 2007. EXTERNAL
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Saint-Andre, P., "Best Practices for Handling Offline Messages", XSF XEP 0160, January 2006. EXTERNAL
Masinter, L., "Formalizing IETF Interoperability Reporting", Work in Progress, October 2005. EXTERNAL
Paterson, I., Smith, D., and P. Saint-Andre, "Bidirectional-streams Over Synchronous HTTP (BOSH)", XSF XEP 0124, July 2010. EXTERNAL
Miller, J., Saint-Andre, P., and P. Hancke, "Server Dialback", XSF XEP 0220, March 2010. EXTERNAL
Millard, P. and P. Saint-Andre, "Privacy Lists", XSF XEP 0016, February 2007. EXTERNAL
Cotton, M., Eggert, L., Touch, J., Westerlund, M., and S. Cheshire, "Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) Procedures for the Management of the Transport Protocol Port Number and Service Name Registry", Work in Progress, February 2011. EXTERNAL
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Saint-Andre, P., "XHTML-IM", XSF XEP 0071, September 2008. EXTERNAL
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Norris, R. and P. Saint-Andre, "Error Condition Mappings", XSF XEP 0086, February 2004. EXTERNAL
Saint-Andre, P. and D. Smith, "Gateway Interaction", XSF XEP 0100, October 2005. EXTERNAL
Saint-Andre, P., "XMPP Ping", XSF XEP 0199, June 2009. EXTERNAL
Hildebrand, J. and P. Saint-Andre, "Stream Compression", XSF XEP 0138, May 2009. EXTERNAL
Saint-Andre, P. and P. Millard, "Best Practices for Use of SASL EXTERNAL with Certificates", XSF XEP 0178, February 2007. EXTERNAL
Miller, M., Saint-Andre, P., and J. Hildebrand, "Domain-Based Service Names in XMPP SASL Negotiation", XSF XEP 0233, June 2010. EXTERNAL
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Karneges, J., Hildebrand, J., Saint-Andre, P., Forno, F., Cridland, D., and M. Wild, "Stream Management", XSF XEP 0198, February 2011. EXTERNAL
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IETF RFC 1464 [Active*]
IETF RFC 1939 [Active*]
IETF RFC 2026 [Active*]
IETF RFC 2142 [Active*]
IETF RFC 2222 [Superseded*]
IETF RFC 2244 [Active*]
IETF RFC 2595 [Active*]
IETF RFC 2616 [Superseded*]
IETF RFC 2743 [Active*]
IETF RFC 2779 [Active*]
RFC2810 — IRC EXTERNAL
IETF RFC 2831 [Superseded*]
IETF RFC 3061 [Active*]
IETF RFC 3501 [Superseded*]
IETF RFC 3552 [Active*]
IETF RFC 3688 [Active*]
IETF RFC 3920 [Superseded*]
IETF RFC 3921 [Superseded*]
IETF RFC 3927 [Active*]
IETF RFC 3987 [Active*]
IETF RFC 4013 [Superseded*]
IETF RFC 4033 [Active*]
IETF RFC 4122 [Superseded*]
IETF RFC 4270 [Active*]
IETF RFC 4505 [Active*]
IETF RFC 4510 [Active*]
IETF RFC 4732 [Active*]
IETF RFC 4949 [Active*]
IETF RFC 4962 [Active*]
IETF RFC 5077 [Superseded*]
IETF RFC 5122 [Active*]
IETF RFC 5226 [Superseded*]
IETF RFC 5234 [Active, Amended*]
IETF RFC 5321 [Active*]
IETF RFC 5598 [Active*]
IETF RFC 5657 [Active*]
IETF RFC 6066 [Active*]
T-REC-X.208.1988 — CCITT/ISO88d EXTERNAL
W3C.CR-xml-fragment.20010212 — XML-Fragment EXTERNAL
W3C XML Schema P1 [Active]

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IETF RFC 6125 [Superseded*]
IETF RFC 6202 [Active*]
IETF RFC 6280 [Active*]
IETF RFC 6885 [Active*]
IETF RFC 7252 [Active*]
IETF RFC 7525 [Superseded*]
IETF RFC 7613 [Superseded*]
IETF RFC 8141 [Active*]
IETF RFC 9725 [Active*]