Name

show — Optional

Synopsis

<presence>
  <show>xa</show>
  <status>Gone home for the evening</status>
</presence>

When an available presence is sent, it can be qualified with more detail. The detail comes in two parts and is represented by two subelements of the <presence/> element. The first part of the detail is in the form of a <show/> tag, which by convention contains one of five possible values. Table 5-4 lists these values and their meaning.

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