IM networks [Was: [Debtags-devel] Protocols descriptions, ATM - HTTP, tag question]

[Torsten Marek]

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Enrico Zini schrieb:
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>>- From a strictly ontological view, the information about used protocol and im
>>network belongs into different facets. Once the first GoogleTalk clients appear
> 
> [...]
> 
>>instant-messaging::aim (Implies: protocol::oscar)
>>instant-messaging::icq (Actually Implies: protocol::oscar, which is the same as
>>ICQv{7,8,9}. Only really old clients would be protocol::icq)
>>instant-messaging::jabber (Implies: protocol::jaber, [protocol::xmpp])
>>instant-messaging::jahoo (Implies: protocol::yahoo)
>>instant-messaging::msn  (Implies: protocl::msn)
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> 
> Right.  So I'm definitely in favour of merging aol and icq in protocol,
> but only after we found a place to put these new instant-messaging tags,
> as currently the protocol facet is the only way of finding the right
> instant messaging clients one needs.
> 
> 

What about putting this in the works-with facet? The descriptions suggest that
it works-with can be understood in quite a wide way. The tags would then be

works-with::im:aim - AIM
works-with::im:icq - ICQ
works-with::im:jabber - Jabber
works-with::im:msn - MSN
works-with::im:yahoo - Yahoo!


best regards

Torsten (whose libapt-front-python development is currently on hold do to
libstdc++6 allocator transition...)

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