From: The IESG To: IETF-Announce Message-Id: Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2004 15:01:24 -0400 Cc: simple chair , Internet Architecture Board , simple mailing list , RFC Editor Subject: Protocol Action: 'Indication of Message Composition for Instant Messaging' to Proposed Standard X-BeenThere: ietf-announce@ietf.org Sender: ietf-announce-bounces@ietf.org The IESG has approved the following document: - 'Indication of Message Composition for Instant Messaging ' 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 Scott Hollenbeck. 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.