Ding! - WhoDP
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The "WhoDP" (Who Datagram Protocol) protocol that Ding! uses as its naming structure is innovative in both feature and architecture. Activerse based the protocol on the World Wide Web's URL in both theory and function. The concept is that the WhoDP is more than simply a user identification system. Recently, Microsoft announced it's intention to seek an open standard for the people browser, or buddy list market. It released details related to its proposed RVP (Rendezvous Protocol) standard, which would allow greater interoperability between software products from a variety of vendors. The proposed RVP standard is very similar to the WhoDP. This is the result of collaboration between Activerse and Microsoft in preparation for the RVP proposal. WhoDP and RVP both counter many of the problems seen by the traditional client server relationship that powers many of todays network and Internet communications systems. Key weaknesses addressed by the protocols include:
Activerse was wary of these problems when it first began to develop Ding!. The result was a product based on distributed client-to-client communication, driven by Java, and using a naming system that was both logical and flexible. The innovative WhoDP architecture used by Ding! and Ding! Switchboards solves many of the problems faced in the traditional approaches to buddy list software. Similarly, RVP was proposed to deal with many of the same key issues. Both the WhoDP and RVP architecture:
Apart from RVP, Activerse's WhoDP technology also addresses the problem of overwhelming server traffic. This ensures Ding! is completely efficient in its use of vital network resources, making it infinitely scalable. More specifically, WhoDP:
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