[PATCH] compliance with section 9.2.3 of RFC 3920 (IQ Semantics)

[Pedro Melo]

Hi,

On Jan 16, 2007, at 8:56 PM, Peter Saint-Andre wrote:
> Pedro Melo wrote:
>> Hi,
>> On Jan 13, 2007, at 12:50 PM, Martin Atkins wrote:
>>> Pedro Melo wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>> See http://rfc.net/rfc3920.html#s9. for reference, search for  
>>>> 9.2.3.
>>>> Basically, to match an IQ with a semantic meaning, we must look  
>>>> at the namespace and not at the tag the first child is using.  
>>>> The relevant text of the RFC:
>>>>   "The data content of the request and response is defined by  
>>>> the namespace
>>>>    declaration of a direct child element of the IQ element"
>>>> That means for example, that as long as I use xmlns='vcard-temp'  
>>>> in the first child, the tag name can be vCard, query, or even  
>>>> sometagnobodyneedstoknow.
>>>> The attached patch fixes the signature method of the IQ class,  
>>>> and changes all the occurences of a set/get-{ns}tag I could find.
>>>
>>> Hmm.
>>>
>>> While I agree with you that the XMPP RFC section you referenced  
>>> gives the impression that the element's local name is to be  
>>> disregarded, I'm not convinced that this was the intention.
>> Well, when we question the intention, the better way to solve it  
>> is to question the author :)
>> Peter, can you weight in on this? When matching IQ's, should we  
>> just use the namespace or is the node name also relevant?
>
> The primary identifier is the namespace, by which we really mean  
> the schema associated with the namespace. Naturally there may be  
> different elements qualified by that namespace, which have  
> different semantics, so IMHO it is probably most accurate to say:
>
>   The data content of the request and response is defined by the
>   schema or other structural definition associated with the XML
>   namespace that qualifies the direct child element of the IQ
>   element.

Ah, ok. So if someone for example sends:

<iq type="get" id="1" to="melo at simplicidade.org">
   <query xmlns="vcard-temp" />
</iq>

the server should return not found, then? Because the vcard-temp  
schema would say <vCard> must be used?

Thanks,
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