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Definition[]

Presence information is

highly dynamic and generally characterizes whether a user is online or offline, busy or idle, away from communications devices or nearby, and the like.[1]

Overview[]

"Necessarily, this information has certain privacy implications, and from the start the IETF approached this work with the aim of providing users with the controls to determine how their presence information would be shared."[2]

References[]

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