Streaming XML with Jabber/XMPP

Streaming XML with Jabber/XMPP: "The phrase 'streaming XML' may strike long-time XML and SGML afficionados as an oxymoron. Isn't XML all about stable (if extensible) containers for documents and data?

It was, until Jeremie Miller developed the idea of XML streams in 1998 and built a working implementation in the jabberd instant messaging and presence server that he released in early 1999. Since then, many more implementations have been written, the core XML streaming protocol has been formalized by the IETF under the name Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP), and Jabber/XMPP technologies have been extended far beyond the realm of instant messaging to encompass everything from network management systems to online gaming networks to financial trading applications.

This paper provides a brief introduction to the concepts of streaming XML and XML-based communications as found in Jabber/XMPP technologies."