Name

status — Optional

Synopsis

<presence>
  <show>dnd</show>
  <status>working on my book!</status>
</presence>

The other part of the detail that qualifies a user’s availability is the <status/> subelement. It allows for a more descriptive remark that embellishes the <show/> data.

The examples for this subelement and the <show/> subelement show how the <status/> value is used as a textual description to explain the <show/> value’s “short code,” or mnemonic.

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