RFC 3921:Extensible Messaging and Presence Protoco...
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... stanza that contains a child element it does not understand, it SHOULD ignore that specific XML data, i.e., it SHOULD not process it or present it to a user or associated application (if any). In particular: ...
... entity receives a message or presence stanza that contains XML data qualified by a namespace it does not understand, the portion of the stanza ...
... contains a child element it does not understand, it SHOULD ignore the associated XML data by passing it on untouched to the recipient. ...



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