Re: Clarification of as:content?

I assume if the image is SVG then content would contain it directly?

On Wed, Nov 4, 2015 at 8:31 AM, James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com> wrote:

> This is one bit that is admittedly lacking in the current vocabulary
> definition and I appreciate the question on it.
>
> The fact of the matter is that `content` varies a bit based on the
> type of object. For a `Note` or `Article`, the `content` property
> contains the content of the resource itself. It's the actual markup
> text for the note/article.
>
> For an `Image` object, `content` is likely far less useful. In the use
> case you describe, using the `summary` field would be more
> appropriate:
>
> {
>   "@context": "http://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams",
>   "@type": "Image",
>   "displayName": "Small Red Square",
>   "summary": "<p>This image is a small red square, for unknown use.</p>",
>   "height": 100,
>   "width": 100
> }
>
> Using `content` in this case wouldn't be appropriate because unless
> you've base64 or hex encoded it, there's no means of actually
> including the actual binary content of the image resource in the JSON
> serialization.
>
> In short: `content` == the actual content of the resource, while
> `summary` == the description or short summary of the content. I can
> play around with some alternative ways of describing that in the
> vocabulary document and I'm always open to suggestions on how to
> improve the text :-)
>
> - James
>
> On Tue, Nov 3, 2015 at 10:18 PM, Robert Sanderson <azaroth42@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > Apologies for the likely newbie question, which is likely the first of
> many.
> > Please bear with me, and hopefully they can be treated as a input from
> > someone without all of the background knowledge you all have ... like
> most
> > readers will be :)
> >
> >
> > The `content` of an Object is "A natural language description of the
> object
> > content.".  But not the content of the resource itself?  Traditionally
> one
> > would call the property "description" rather than "content"? Which is
> not to
> > start a naming discussion, just to make sure that `description` is the
> > operative word, not `content` :)
> >
> > So this:
> >
> > {
> >   "@context": "http://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams",
> >   "@type": "Image",
> >   "displayName": "Small Red Square",
> >   "content": "<p>This image is a small red square, for unknown use.</p>",
> >   "height": 100,
> >   "width": 100
> > }
> >
> > Could be a 100x100 image, and `content` would describe the image, and
> > displayName give a label for it. (As per the example in the attachment
> > definition)
> >
> > So ... if you have a Note or Article without a URI, is there a way to
> > provide the actual representation of the resource, rather than a
> description
> > of that (err) content?  Example 135 / Fig 37 in -core, however, gives the
> > impression that the representation is in the content field?
> >
> > Could someone please show how to model this situation in AS:
> >
> > The Object is a Note with the uri http://example.org/note1.md.  It's in
> > Markdown and the note's representation is "You __won't believe__ what
> > happens at the end of [this video](youtube)!".  The description of that
> > content is the HTML: "<span>Clickbait in Markdown</span>".
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Rob
> >
> > --
> > Rob Sanderson
> > Information Standards Advocate
> > Digital Library Systems and Services
> > Stanford, CA 94305
>
>