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= Poets Guide to Collaboration =

==Poets Guide to Collaboration ==

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== Parents and kids ==

=== Parents and kids ===

Collaboration in the Sugar sense is simply helping kids play together.  Kids play together all the time.  They talk, they run, they throw balls back and forth.  Sugar allows kids to talk and play and learn together.

Collaboration in the Sugar sense is simply helping kids play together.  Kids play together all the time.  They talk, they run, they throw balls back and forth.  Sugar allows kids to talk and play and learn together.

Really, that is all you need to know:)

Really, that is all you need to know:)

== School/Camp IT person or accidental techie  ==

=== School/Camp IT person or accidental techie  ===

There are two ways you can collaboration.

There are two ways you can collaboration.

  #  You can collaborate "locally" without a server. If you remove the name of the Jabber server from your settings, or it fails to connect for some reason, then Sugar tries to connect locally. Sugar machines will be able to collaborate if they are connected to the same wireless network or wired port.  It will not work over your entire LAN, you have to be on the same segment.

  #  You can collaborate "locally" without a server. If you remove the name of the Jabber server from your settings, or it fails to connect for some reason, then Sugar tries to connect locally. Sugar machines will be able to collaborate if they are connected to the same wireless network or wired port.  It will not work over your entire LAN, you have to be on the same segment.

== Activity Developers ==  

=== Activity Developers ===

'''Presence Service''' - The Presence Service is a set of APIs which allow developers to enable collaboration features on Sugar.

'''Presence Service''' - The Presence Service is a set of APIs which allow developers to enable collaboration features on Sugar.

That is all you need to know.  The rest is under the covers.

That is all you need to know.  The rest is under the covers.

== Core Sugar Developers ==

=== Core Sugar Developers ===

'''Telepathy''' - Telepathy is another set of APIs which has a 'plug-in' design so that various communication protocols can be 'plugged-in' without affecting what the user of activity developers sees.

'''Telepathy''' - Telepathy is another set of APIs which has a 'plug-in' design so that various communication protocols can be 'plugged-in' without affecting what the user of activity developers sees.

== Collaboration Developers ==

=== Collaboration Developers ===

'''Telepathy-gabble''' - Telepathy-gabble is a plug-in backend that uses the XMPP protocol to talk to a server.

'''Telepathy-gabble''' - Telepathy-gabble is a plug-in backend that uses the XMPP protocol to talk to a server.

'''XMPP''' - Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP) is an open, XML-based protocol originally aimed at near-real-time, extensible instant messaging (IM) and presence information. (buddy lists)

'''XMPP''' - Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol ([[wikipedia:XMPP|XMPP]]) is an open, XML-based protocol originally aimed at near-real-time, extensible instant messaging (IM) and presence information. (buddy lists)

'''XMPP Server''' - At the bottom to the stack is a XMPP server.  These are often referred to as jabber servers because the first popular XMPP Server was called jabberd.

'''XMPP Server''' - At the bottom to the stack is a XMPP server.  These are often referred to as jabber servers because the first popular XMPP Server was called jabberd.