The protocol value is either a standard IM scheme or a URL identifying the
IM network for the protocol. Possible values include:
Value Description
sip SIP/SIMPLE
unknown Unknown or unspecified
xmpp XMPP/Jabber
http://aim.com/ AIM
http://icq.com/ ICQ
http://talk.google.com/ Google Talk
http://messenger.msn.com/ MSN Messenger
http://messenger.yahoo.com/ Yahoo Messenger
http://sametime.com/ Lotus Sametime
http://gadu-gadu.pl/ Gadu-Gadu
This is the gd:im element. In XML output, the address and protocol are
provided as the address and protocol attributes, respectively. See:
https://developers.google.com/gdata/docs/1.0/elements#gdIm
Serializes to <protocol> <address>. Raises BadValueError if tag is not a
standard IM scheme or a URL.
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