Re: Social API for Client Side Apps

Hey, Melvin.

There’s a social API defined in ActivityPub.

https://www.w3.org/TR/activitypub/#client-to-server-interactions

The Social Web Working Group also produced Micropub:

https://www.w3.org/TR/micropub/

Evan

> On May 18, 2023, at 9:35 AM, Melvin Carvalho <melvincarvalho@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi All
> 
> It's truly encouraging to witness the renewed momentum in our group. As we are aware, during the working group's tenure, there were three REC track deliverables outlined in the charter [1]
> 
> 1. Social Data Syntax
> 2. Social API
> 3. Federation Protocol
> 
> While the first and third deliverables were thoroughly addressed, I believe the accomplishment of the second - the Social API - could benefit from further clarity. 
> 
> Full text:
> Social API
>     A document that defines a specification for a client-side API that lets developers embed and format third party information such as social status updates inside Web applications. One input to this deliverable is the OpenSocial 2.5.1 Activity Streams and Embedded Experiences APIs Member Submission.
> 
> This was intended as a client-side API allowing developers to integrate and format third-party information, such as social status updates, into web applications. Its groundwork was the OpenSocial 2.5.1 Activity Streams and Embedded Experiences APIs [2]
> 
> Recently, Rabble brought up the oembed protocol [3], which, despite being a significant effort and somewhat dated now, I believe still holds relevance and could be revitalized for current use. Considering it was a REC Track Deliverable in the SWWG, it could be an excellent foundation for new chartered work.
> 
> A lot of work has gone into this too, with SolidOS [4].  With modern tooling, I'm optimistic that we can make this task much more achievable today. If there's interest from the team, I would be more than willing to contribute to this effort. I envision a few use cases and areas where this could deliver value, particularly with solid and nostr, which heavily depend on client-side apps.
> 
> Looking forward to hearing your thoughts.
> 
> cc: timbl (solid)
> 
> Links:
> [1] https://www.w3.org/2013/socialweb/social-wg-charter.html
> [2] https://www.w3.org/Submission/2014/SUBM-osapi-20140314/
> [3] https://oembed.com/
> [4] https://github.com/solidos/solidos