The IESG has received a request from the SIP-TO-XMPP WG (stox) to consider the following document: - 'Interworking between the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) and the Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP): Presence' <draft-ietf-stox-7248bis-12.txt> as Proposed Standard The IESG plans to make a decision in the next few weeks, and solicits final comments on this action. Please send substantive comments to the ietf@ietf.org mailing lists by 2016-10-06. Exceptionally, comments may be sent to iesg@ietf.org instead. In either case, please retain the beginning of the Subject line to allow automated sorting. Abstract This document defines a bidirectional protocol mapping for the exchange of presence information between the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) and the Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP). This document obsoletes RFC 7248. The file can be obtained via https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-stox-7248bis/ IESG discussion can be tracked via https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-stox-7248bis/ballot/ No IPR declarations have been submitted directly on this I-D.