Instant messaging system based on Jabber

Messaging of course has always been a core feature of the Internet. Jabber is a compelling IM solution that is well-suited to meet today's and tomorrow's IM needs. The Jabber system is technically simple, flexible, and surprisingly intuitive. Jabber's open standards are its primary political and business advantage, its use of XML as its standard data format is its crucial technical advantage. A Jabber server is developed and implemented in Java that complies with the Jabber protocols in this paper.