A new Request for Comments is now available in online RFC libraries. RFC 7701 Title: Multi-party Chat Using the Message Session Relay Protocol (MSRP) Author: A. Niemi, M. Garcia-Martin, G. Sandbakken Status: Standards Track Stream: IETF Date: December 2015 Mailbox: aki.niemi@iki.fi, miguel.a.garcia@ericsson.com, geirsand@cisco.com Pages: 42 Characters: 99607 Updates/Obsoletes/SeeAlso: None I-D Tag: draft-ietf-simple-chat-18.txt URL: https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7701 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.17487/RFC7701 The Message Session Relay Protocol (MSRP) defines a mechanism for sending instant messages (IMs) within a peer-to-peer session, negotiated using the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) and the Session Description Protocol (SDP). This document defines the necessary tools for establishing multi-party chat sessions, or chat rooms, using MSRP. This document is a product of the SIP for Instant Messaging and Presence Leveraging Extensions Working Group of the IETF. This is now a Proposed Standard. STANDARDS TRACK: This document specifies an Internet Standards Track protocol for the Internet community, and requests discussion and suggestions for improvements. Please refer to the current edition of the Official Internet Protocol Standards (https://www.rfc-editor.org/standards) for the standardization state and status of this protocol. Distribution of this memo is unlimited. This announcement is sent to the IETF-Announce and rfc-dist lists. To subscribe or unsubscribe, see https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf-announce https://mailman.rfc-editor.org/mailman/listinfo/rfc-dist For searching the RFC series, see https://www.rfc-editor.org/search For downloading RFCs, see https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc.html Requests for special distribution should be addressed to either the author of the RFC in question, or to rfc-editor@rfc-editor.org. Unless specifically noted otherwise on the RFC itself, all RFCs are for unlimited distribution. The RFC Editor Team Association Management Solutions, LLC