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2.22 Resources
“Resources” refers to the storage location for contacts and privacy rules.
Resources for Contacts
Bria supports these resources:
• Local storage. All contact data is always stored locally (on the user’s computer). This means that some data
exists in two places. For example, an XMPP address will be stored on the corresponding XMPP roster and
will also be stored locally.
No setup is required for local storage: it is automatic.
• XMPP roster. If the user creates an XMPP account, the contacts on that XMPP roster are pulled into Bria
when the user enables the account. Bria supports vCards; see “XMPP Storage Options”, below.
• Outlook contacts or Mac Address Book contacts. Bria is automatically set up with an account
corresponding to this resource. If the user enables this account, the contacts from that resource are pulled
into Bria.
• Remote storage. You can set up a WebDAV and XCap remote server as a remote storage source for
contacts. When the user starts Bria (and assuming that the SIP account is enabled), the contacts from that
server will be pulled into Bria.
How Contacts Created by the User are Stored
When the user manually adds a contact in Bria, the contact is stored as follows:
• All data in the contact is stored locally.
• If you have set up remote storage, then all data is also sent to that location.
• Instant message address are considered to be XMPP addresses. If the XMPP address has a domain that
matches the domain of an existing, enabled XMPP account, then the address is sent to that roster when the
user clicks the Enable XMPP Presence button on the Contact Profile. Otherwise, the address is not sent.
• Contact data is never sent to the vCards associated with the XMPP roster (if you support vCards). This
vCard resource is read only.
• Contact data is never sent to the Outlook or Mac Address Book. These resources are read only.
When the user manually modifies a contact, for example, adding an XMPP address to an existing contact, the
same rules apply.
XMPP Storage Options
You may decide to support a self-administered XMPP account. (Or you may decide not to support this self-
administered account and instead simply allow users to set up an XMPP account for their existing accounts such
as Gmail).
If you do support a self-administered XMPP account and the contact roster on the server includes vCard data,
you should set proxies:proxyn:xmpp_download_vcards to true on the proxyn that corresponds to the XMPP
account. In this way, when the user enables the XMPP account, the vCard data will be pulled into Bria and each
record will form a separate contact.
Remote Storage Source
To set up remote storage, complete the following settings in the proxyn that corresponds to the SIP account
(typically proxy0):