This
Internet-Draft from the
IETF's
BEEP (Blocks Extensible Exchange Protocol) Working Group describes the details of BEEP's framing mechanism for the independent exchanging of messages between peers.
BEEP messages can contain artibrary
MIME content or
structured text of some kind, such as an
XML document. The draft also explains the key aspects of BEEP's "
channels" and how they can be used to manage
transport security,
user authentication and
data exchange.