Re: User stories for Social API

On Feb 4, 2015 5:54 AM, "Evan Prodromou" <evan@e14n.com> wrote:
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>> We could extend the user stories to make them more clearly cross
organisational.
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> That would be a grievous mistake at this point.
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We need both views, quite frankly. I mean, that's really the point isn't it?

> We have as one of our deliverables a federation protocol. Our social API
is the client-to-server piece; the federation protocol is the
server-to-server piece.
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> We should make a point of not putting forward a social API that isn't
compatible with federation. However, it should not be dependent on
federation.
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Nor should we fool ourselves into thinking that the social API and
federation bits are two separate things. Done properly, cross
organizational federation becomes a natural feature of the social API.

- James

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