Re: Reviewing Social Web Specs

Hello Sandro,

Thanks for reaching out to PING.

Our next call is 28 July 2016 at UTC 16. 

Would you or other members of the Social Web WG like to join our call to introduce the specifications and discuss any potential privacy considerations?

Christine (co-chair)

> On 24 Jun 2016, at 12:47 PM, Sandro Hawke <sandro@w3.org> wrote:
> 
> I'm writing on behalf of the Social Web WG.  Some of our specs are now stable, and if we would value a review from your group at your earliest convenience.  While our primary use cases are often framed in terms of social media and blogging, the technologies may be broadly applicable.
> 
> So far we have three specs in or near CR:
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> * Webmention lets you tell a website you're linking to it.  This supports ad hoc federation of sites
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> https://www.w3.org/TR/webmention/
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> * Activity Streams (2.0) is a standard (and extensible) way to share a stream of what people do online (eg, "liking", posting a photo, etc)
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> https://www.w3.org/TR/activitystreams-core/
> https://www.w3.org/TR/activitystreams-vocabulary/
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> * Micropub provides a standard Web API to create and control posts on your own website
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> https://www.w3.org/TR/micropub/
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> Additionally:
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> * Social Web Protocols: provides an overview, including an explanation for how the parts fit (and sometimes do not fit) together.  This document does not currently have any normative content.
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> https://www.w3.org/TR/social-web-protocols/
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> There are other documents not yet ready for horizontal review.  You'll see them linked from Social Web Protocols, and we'll send another email when they're in or near CR.
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> Note that the group is producing multiple stacks which are not entirely compatible, reflecting the fragmentation in this space. Basically, we decided having multiple competing specs, while not an ideal situation, would still be a step forward.
> 
> If you think your group will be doing a review, please reply-all and let us know your timeframe.  We'd very much appreciate the actual review comments being raised as issues on the repo for each particular spec (linked in the title section), and then a high-level email or summary issue stating when the review is complete.
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> Please feel free to share this call-for-review with anyone likely to be interested.
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> Thank you!
> 
>    -- Sandro Hawke, Staff Contact, W3C Social Web Working Group

Received on Friday, 24 June 2016 21:57:13 UTC