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 <h3><a name='2006'></a>2006</h3>
 
 <p>In July 2006, the IETF published <a href='http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc4622.txt'>RFC 4622</a> defining the XMPP URI scheme.</p>
-<p>In July 2006, the first XMPP Interoperability Testing Event was held.</p>
+<p>In July 2006, the <a href='http://xmpp.org/summit/summit1.shtml'>first XMPP Summit</a> was held in Portland, Oregon, USA.</p>
 <p>In October 2006, the JSF renamed its "Jabber Enhancement Proposals" (JEP) specification series to "XMPP Extension Protocols" (XEPs) and moved them to the xmpp.org website.</p>
 <p>In October 2006, work began on revisions to RFC 3920 and RFC 3921 in order to incorporate experience gained through several years of widespread implementation and deployment of XMPP technologies. It is envisioned that these revisions will be completed in 2008. See the <a href='/internet-drafts/'>Internet-Drafts page</a> for details.</p>
 <p>In December 2006, the JSF entered into a partnership with <a href='http://www.startssl.com/'>StartCom</a> to offer free digital certificates to administrators of Jabber/XMPP servers through the <a href='http://xmpp.org/ca/'>XMPP Intermediate Certification Authority</a>.</p>
 
 <h3><a name='2007'></a>2007</h3>
 
 <p>In January 2007, the Jabber Software Foundation renamed itself to the XMPP Standards Foundation in order to more accurately describe its focus on developing open protocol extensions to the IETF's base XMPP specifications (rather than open-source software).</p>
+<p>In February 2007, the XSF held the <a href='http://xmpp.org/summit/summit2.shtml'>second XMPP Summit</a> in Brussels, Belgium.</p>
 <p>In April 2007, the IETF published <a href='http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc4854.txt'>RFC 4854</a> defining URN namespace for use by the <a href='/registrar/'>XMPP Registrar</a> in generating XML namespace names for XMPP extensions.</p>
 <p>In June 2007, the XSF approved <a href='/extensions/xep-0174.html'>XEP-0174: Link-Local Messaging</a>, which formalizes the zero-configuration, serverless mode of XMPP communications pioneered in Apple's Bonjour technology.</p>
 <p>In July 2007, the XSF published the first of its yearly protocol suites for compliance testing related to XMPP implementations: <a href='/extensions/xep-0211.html'>XEP-0211</a>, <a href='/extensions/xep-0212.html'>XEP-0212</a>, <a href='/extensions/xep-0213.html'>XEP-0213</a>, and <a href='/extensions/xep-0216.html'>XEP-0216</a>.</p>
+<p>In July 2007, the XSF held the <a href='http://xmpp.org/summit/summit3.shtml'>third XMPP Summit</a> in Portland, Oregon, USA.</p>
 
 <h3><a name='2008'></a>2008</h3>
 
-In 2008, the XSF advanced <a href='http://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0136.html'>XEP-0136: Message Archiving</a>, <a href='http://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0231.html'>XEP-0231: Bits of Binary</a>, and <a href='http://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0158.html'>XEP-0158: CAPTCHA Forms</a> to a status of <a href='http://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0001.html#states-Draft'>Draft</a>, and <a href='http://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0012.html'>XEP-0012: Last Activity</a>, <a href='http://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0085.html'>XEP-0085: Chat State Notifications</a>, and <a href='http://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0174.html'>XEP-0174: Serverless Messaging</a> to a status of <a href='http://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0001.html#states-Final'>Final</a>. It also completed significant revisions to <a href='http://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0060.html'>XEP-0060: Publish-Subscribe</a> and related specifications, plus published its second series of compliance specifications (<a href='http://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0242.html'>XEP-0242: XMPP Client Compliance 2009</a> and <a href='http://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0243.html'>XEP-0243: XMPP Server Compliance 2009</a>).</p>
+<p>In February 2008, the XSF held the <a href='http://xmpp.org/summit/summit4.shtml'>fourth XMPP Summit</a> in Brussels, Belgium.</p>
+<p>In May 2008, the XSF advanced <a href='http://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0171.html'>XEP-0171: Language Translation</a> to a status of <a href='http://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0001.html#states-Draft'>Draft</a>.</p>
+<p>In July 2008, the XSF advanced <a href='http://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0136.html'>XEP-0136: Message Archiving</a> to a status of <a href='http://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0001.html#states-Draft'>Draft</a>. It also held the <a href='http://xmpp.org/summit/summit5.shtml'>fifth XMPP Summit</a> in Portland, Oregon, USA.</p>
+<p>In September 2008, the XSF advanced <a href='http://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0231.html'>XEP-0231: Bits of Binary</a> and <a href='http://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0158.html'>XEP-0158: CAPTCHA Forms</a> to a status of <a href='http://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0001.html#states-Draft'>Draft</a>. It also completed significant revisions to <a href='http://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0060.html'>XEP-0060: Publish-Subscribe</a> and related specifications, plus published its second series of compliance specifications (<a href='http://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0242.html'>XEP-0242: XMPP Client Compliance 2009</a> and <a href='http://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0243.html'>XEP-0243: XMPP Server Compliance 2009</a>).</p>
+<p>In November 2008, the XSF advanced <a href='http://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0012.html'>XEP-0012: Last Activity</a>, <a href='http://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0085.html'>XEP-0085: Chat State Notifications</a>, and <a href='http://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0174.html'>XEP-0174: Serverless Messaging</a> to a status of <a href='http://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0001.html#states-Final'>Final</a>. 
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+<h3><a name='2009'></a>2009</h3>
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+<p>In January 2009, the XSF approved <a href='http://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0205.html'>XEP-0205: Best Practices to Discourage Denial of Service Attacks</a> as an Informational specification.</p>
+<p>In February 2009, the XSF held the <a href='http://xmpp.org/summit/summit6.shtml'>sixth XMPP Summit</a> in Brussels, Belgium.</p>
 
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